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The Vice-Presidents shall foster their respective departments within 

 the Society ; they shall present annually to the Society summaries of the 

 ■work done throughout the world in their several departments. 



They shall be elected to their respective departments by the Society. 



The Treasurer shall have charge of the funds of the Society, shall col- 

 lect the dues, and shall disburse under the direction of the Board of 

 Managers ; he shall make an annual report ; and his accounts shall be 

 audited annually by a committee of the Society and at such other times 

 as the Board of Managers may direct. 



The Secretaries shall record the proceedings of the Society and of the 

 Board of Managers ; shall conduct the correspondence of the Society ; 

 and shall make an annual report. 



The Board of Managers sha,ll transact all the business of the Society, 

 except such as may be presented at the annual meeting. It shall formu- 

 late rules for the conduct of its business. Five members of the Board of 

 Managers shall constitute a quorum at i-egular meetings and nine mem- 

 bers at special meetings. 



ARTICLE Y. Dues. 



The annual dues of active members shall be five dollars, and of corre- 

 sponding members two dollars, payable during the month of January, 

 (jr, in the case of new members, within thirty days after election. 



Annual dues may be commuted and life membership acquired by the 

 paj'ment of fifty dollars. 



No member in arrears shall vote at the annual meeting, and the names 

 of members two years in arrears shall be dropped from the roll of mem- 

 bersliip. 



ARTICLE YI. Meetings. 



Regular meetings of the Society shall be held on alternate Fridays, from 

 November until May, and excepting the annual meeting they shall be 

 devoted to communications. The Board, of Managers shall, however, 

 have power to postpone or omit meetings, when deemed desirable. 

 Special meetings may be called by the President. 



The annual meeting for the election of officers shall be the last regular 

 meeting in May. 



The last meeting in December shall be set apart for the President's 

 annual address. 



The reports of the retiring Vice-Presidents shall be presented in No- 

 vember and December. 



A quorum for the transaction of business shall consist of twenty-five 

 active members. 



ARTICLE VII. Amendments. 



These by-laws may be amended by a two-thirds vote of the members 

 present at a regular meeting, provided that'notice of the proposed amend- 

 ment has been given in writing at a regular meeting at least four weeks 

 previously. 



