CONSTITUTION 
OF 
THE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 
ArtIcLE I. The name of this Society shall be Taz Pariosoput- 
CAL Society or 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. 
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