CONSTITUTION 



PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OP WASHINGTON. 



Article I. The name of this Society shall be The Phil- 

 osophical Society of AYashington. 



Article II, The officers of the Society shall be a Presi- 

 dent, four Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, and two Secretaries. 



Article III. There shall be a General Committee, con- 

 sisting 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 annu- 

 ally 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 an- 

 nual 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. 



The General Committee also reported the Standing Rules 

 for the government of the Society, which had been enacted 

 under the fifth article of the Constitution. 



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