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No person shall be entitled to the privileges of active member- 

 ship before signing the constitution. 



Article IV. — Officers. 



The officers of this Society shall be a President, four Vice-Presi- 

 dents, a Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Secretary, a Treas- 

 urer, and a Curator, all of whom, together with six other active 

 members, shall constitute a council, all to be elected by ballot at 

 each annual meeting. The officers shall serve one year, or until 

 their successors are elected. 



Article V. — The Council. 



No business shall be transacted by the Society, and no communi- 

 cation received or published in the name of the Society, that has 

 not first been referred to the Council, five members of which shall 

 constitute a quorum. 



They shall act on all nominations for membership, shall have 

 direction of the finances, audit the accounts of the Treasurer, 

 Corresponding Secretary, and Curator, and provide a proper pro- 

 gramme for regular and special meetings.. They shall meet one 

 hour before the regular sessions of the Society, and at such other 

 times as they may be called together by the President. They may 

 call special meetings of the Society. 



Article VI. — The Sections. 



For active operations the Society shall be divided into four sec- 

 tions, as follows : Section A, Archaeology; Section B, Somatology; 

 Section C, Ethnology ; Section D, Philology. The Vice Presidents 

 of the Society shall be ex officio chairmen of these sections respec- 

 tively, and shall be designated by the President to their sections 

 after their election. It shall be the duty of these sections to keep 

 the Society informed upon the progress of research in their respec- 

 tive fields, to make special investigations when requested by the 

 Council, to announce interesting discoveries, to collect specimens, 

 manuscripts, publications, newspaper clippings, etc., and in every 

 way to foster their divisions of the work. 



All papers presented to the sections shall be referred to the Coun- 

 cil, and through it to the Society. 



