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The National Geographic Magazine 



be residents of the District of Columbia. A 

 majority of the votes cast shall be uecessar}' 

 for election. 



Sec 2. The Board of Managers shall elect 

 annually from their own number a President 

 and a Vice-President, and shall elect annually 

 a Treasurer and a Secretary. 



Sec. 3. The President shall preside at the 

 meetings of the Society and of the Board of 

 Managers, or may delegate this duty. The 

 President and tlie Secretary shall sign all writ- 

 ten contracts and obligations of the Society. 



Sec. 4. In the absence of the President his 

 duties shall devolve on the Vice-President. 



Sec. 5. The Treasurer shall have charge of 

 the funds of the Society, under the direction 

 of the Board of Managers, and shall make 

 collections and disbursements and render an 

 annual report, and his accounts shall be au- 

 dited by a committee of the Society, not 

 members of the Board, annually and at .such 

 other times as the Board may direct. 



Sec. 6. The Secretary shall record the pro- 

 ceedings of the Society and of the Board of 

 Managers, conduct correspondence, and make 

 an annual report. 



Sec. 7. The Board of Managers shall fill 

 vacancies arising in the Board. 



Sec. 8. All officers shall serve until their 

 successors are chosen. 



Artici,e Y .—Committees. 



Section i. The Board of Managers shall 

 select annually from its own number an Ex- 

 ecutive Committee. 



Sec. 2. There shall be standing committees 

 on Publications, Communications, Admis.sions, 

 Research, and Finance, whose chairmen shall 

 be members of the Board of Managers. These 

 committees shall be appointed immediately 

 after the annual election of the President to 

 serve until their successors are designated. 



Sec. 3. The committees of the Society and 

 of the Board of Managers shall be appointed 

 b}' the President, except when otherwise pro- 

 vided. The President shall be a member e.v 

 officio of every conmiittee. 



ArticIvE VI. — Finances. 



Section i. The fiscal 5^ear of the Society 

 shall begin on the first day of January. 



Sec. 2. The annual dues of members shall 

 be two dollars, payable in Januar}'. 



Sec. 3. Annual dues maybe commuted and 

 life membership acquired by the payment at 

 one time of fifty dollars. 



Sec. 4. Members whose dues remain un'paid 

 on March i shall be notified by the Treasurer 

 that unless the dues are paid within one 

 month they will be in arrears and not entitled 

 to vote at the annual meeting, to receive the 



publications of the Society, or to purchase 

 lecture tickets on members' terms. Members 

 one year in arrears shall, after formal notifi- 

 cation, be regarded as having withdrawn from 

 the Society. 



Sec. 5. The funds of the Society may be 

 invested and loans may be negotiated in the 

 interests of the Society, and any other finan- 

 cial business germane to the purposes of the 

 Society may be transacted by the Board of 

 Managers. 



Artici<e VII. — Meetings. 



vSecTion I. Regular meetings of the Society 

 shall be held on alternate Fridays from No- 

 vember until May. 



Sec. 2. Special meetings may be ordered 

 b}^ the Board of Managers or called by the 

 President. 



Sec. 3. The annual meeting" shall be held 

 in the District of Columbia on the second 

 Friday in Januarj'. 



Sec. 4. Twenty members shall constitute a 

 quorum. 



Sec. 5. Regular meetings of the Board of 

 Managers shall be held on the same da3'S as 

 the regular meetings of the Society ; special 

 meetings may be held at the call of the Presi- 

 dent or on notice signed by five members of 

 the Board : Provided, That for any of its own 

 meetings the Board may substitute meetiu'^s 

 of the Executive Committee. 



Sec. 6. Lectures and lecture courses may 

 be provided by the Board of Managers. Free 

 admission to such lectures shall not be a pre- 

 rogative of membership, but tickets shall be 

 sold to members on more favorable terms than 

 to non-members : Provided, That each life 

 member who acquired life .membership prior 

 to the year 1901 shall be entitled to two ad- 

 missions to each Jecture and course. 



ArTici^E VIII. — Publications. 



The Society shall publish a journal or peri- 

 odical under the title The Nationai, Geo- 

 graphic Magazine, which shall be sent to all ' 

 members of the Society not in arrears, and 

 may be placed on sale. 



ArticIvE IX. — Amendments. 



These By-Laws may be amended by a two- 

 thirds vote of the members present at an}' 

 regular meeting, provided the propo.sed amend- 

 ments are reported by the Board of Managers, 

 and provided that notice thereof has been sent 

 to all members of the Society not less thaii 

 ten nor more than sixty days before the meet- 

 ing. The publication of proposed amend- 

 ments in The Nationai, Geographic Mag- 

 azine shall be deemed a notice within the 

 meaning of this article. 



