CONSTITUTION 



THE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 



Arlicle I. The name of this Society shall be The Philosophical 

 Society of "Washington. 



Article II. The officers of the Society shall be a President, four Vice- 

 Presidents, a Treasurer, and two Secretaries. 



Article III. There shall be a General Committee, consisting of the 

 officers of the Society and nine other members. 



Article IV. The officers of the Society and the other members of the 

 General Committee shall be elected annually by ballot ; they shall hold 

 office until their successors are elected, and shall have power to fill 

 vacancies. 



Article V. It shall be the duty of the General Committee to make 

 rules for the government of the Society, and to transact all its business. 



Article VI. This constitution shall not be amended except by a three- 

 fourths vote of those present at an annual meeting for the election of 

 officers, and after notice of the proposed change shall have been given in 

 writing at a stated meeting of the Society at least four weeks previously. 



