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the Secretary. Should his dues become six months in arrears he shall be again notified by the 

 Secretary and his rights as a member suspended. Should his dues become one year in arrears, 

 the delinquent member shall forfeit his membership in the Society unless the Council may 

 deem it expedient to extend the time of payment. 



8. The Council may, in its discretion, temporarily suspend the annual payment of dues 

 by any member whose circumstances have become such as to make such payment impossible, 

 and may, under similar circumstances, remit the whole or a part of dues in arrears. 



9. No name shall be entered on the rolls as Member, Associate or Junior, nor shall the 

 privilege of membership be enjoyed until all dues shall have been paid; if the payment be 

 delayed for more than six months from the date of election the same shall be void unless the 

 Council otherwise direct. 



10. (1 ) Should the expulsion of any member be judged expedient by five or more mem- 

 bers, they must draw up and sign a proposal requesting such expulsion, delivering the same 

 to the Secretary, to be laid before the Council. 



(2) If the Council do not find reason to concur in the proposal, no entry thereof shall 

 appear in the minutes, nor shall any public discussion thereon be pemjitted. 



(3) If, however, the Council find the charges contained in the proposal for expulsion 

 substantiated, the accused member shall be notified and given an opportunity to resign. If 

 he avails himself of this privilege, no entry shall be made on the minutes nor public discus- 

 sion of the case permitted; but if he declines to resign and offers no satisfactory explanation 

 of the charge, the whole case shall be submitted to a special meeting of the Society. 



(4) If two-thirds of the members at this special meeting (provided there be not less 

 than twenty present) vote for expulsion, the chairman of the meeting shall cause the accused 

 to be expelled from the Society, and direct the Secretary to notify the accused of this action. 



Article IV. 

 Officers. 



1. The ofificers of the Society shall consist of a President, Past Presidents, Honorary 

 Vice-Presidents, twelve Vice-Presidents, twenty-four Members of Council, and a Secretary 

 and Treasurer. 



2. Both Members and Associates are eligible for the offices of President, Vice-President, 

 and Members of Council, but three-fourths of the Council shall be Members. 



3. Prior to the date of the annual meeting of the Society for the year with which the 

 term of the President expires, the Council shall nominate a candidate for the office of Presi- 

 dent, whose name shall be presented to the Society for election at the annual meeting. Any 

 other candidate whose nomination, signed by at least sixty Members and Associates, shall have 

 been submitted to the Secretary prior to the annual meeting shall also be presented. The 

 candidate receiving the highest number of votes shall be the President for the ensuing three 

 years. The first President under this rule shall be elected at the annual meeting in 1906 and 

 his term of office shall begin January first, 1907. The President shall not be eligible for elec- 

 tion as his own successor. 



4. The term of office of the Vice-Presidents shall be three years. The Vice-Presidents 

 whose terms by election now expire in 1911 and 1912 shall expire as of December 31, 1911 ; 

 those whose terms now expire in 1913 and 1914 shall expire December 31, 1912; those whose 



