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No person shall be entitled to the privileges of Active 

 membership before signing this constitution. 



% Article IV. — Officers. 



The officers of this Society shall be a President, four 

 Vice-Presidents, a Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Sec- 

 retary, a Treasurer, 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 for one year, or until their successors are 

 elected. 



Article V. — The Council. 



No business shall be transacted by the Society, and no 

 communication 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 upon all nominations for membership, 

 shall have direction of the finances, audit the accounts of 

 the Treasurer, Corresponding Secretary, and Curator, and 

 provide a proper programme for regular and special meet- 

 ings. 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 sections, as follows : Section A, Archaeology ; Section B, 

 Somatology; Section C, Ethnology; Section D, Philology. 

 The Vice-Presidents of the Society shall be ex officio chair- 

 men of these sections respectively, 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 respective fields, to 

 make special investigations when requested by the Council 



