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(2) In the absence of the President, the Vice-Presidents, in the order of seniority, 

 shall preside and perform all the duties of the President. 



2. The direct management of the Society shall be vested in an Executive Committee 

 composed of five Members of Council elected annually by the Council, the President and Sec- 

 retary of the Society being ex officio members of the Committee. At least three of the five 

 elective members of the Committee shall be Members of the Society. 



3. The Executive Committee shall manage the affairs of the Society in conformity with 

 the laws under which it is incorporated, and the provisions of the Constitution. It shall di- 

 rect the investment and care of the funds of the Society ; make appropriations for specific 

 purposes; arrange for the reading and publication of professional papers under. such regula- 

 tions as the Council may, from time to time, prescribe ; take measures to advance the interests 

 of the Society, and generally direct its affairs. 



4. The Executive Committee shall make an annual report to the Society, transmitting 

 the report of the Secretary and Treasurer and of any special committee which may have been 

 ordered. 



5. The Secretary shall be the executive officer of the Society under the immediate direc- 

 tion of the President and Executive Committee. 



(2) He shall prepare the business for the annual meetings and record the proceedings 

 thereof. 



(3) He shall be responsible for all expenditures and certify the accuracy of all bills or 

 vouchers upon wihich money has been paid, and he shall conduct the correspondence of the 

 Society and keep full records of the same. 



6. The Treasurer shall see that all money due the Society is collected and carefully in- 

 vested in such manner as the Executive Committee may direct. If considered advisable by 

 the Council, the duties of Treasurer may be performed by the Secretary. 



7. The accounts of the Secretary and Treasurer shall be audited annually by a special 

 committee of three Members of the Council appointed by the President of the Society. 



Article VI. 



Meetings. 



1. There shall be at least one annual general meeting of the Society for the reading 

 and discussion of professional papers, election of officers for the ensuing year, and transac- 

 tion of such other business as may be brought before it. The time and location of this 

 meeting shall be determined by the Council at least three months prior to the date fixed. 



2. Special meetings may be called by the Executive Committee at the request of twenty 

 members, which request shall state the purpose of the meeting. The call for such meetings 

 shall be issued ten days in advance, and shall state the purpose thereof. At these meet- 

 ings, thirty members shall constitute a quorum. 



3. The Society may adopt from time to time such rules as it may think proper for the 

 order of business at its meetings. 



4. Special meetings of the Executive Committee may be held at any time subject to the 

 call of the Chairman ; and four members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 

 any business that may ibe properly brought before the Committee. 



