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The National Geographic Magazine 



PROPOSED CHANGE IN THE BY-LAWS OF 

 THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 



THE Board of Managers of the Soci- 

 ety recommend the adoption of 

 the following By-laws at the annual 

 meeting of the Society on January lo, 

 1908. For the information of the mem- 

 "bers the present By-laws are printed after 

 the proposed new By-laws. 



Article I. — Name. 



The name of the Society is "The NaTionai, 

 Geographic Society." 



Article U.— Object. 



The object of the Society is the increase and 

 diffusion of geographic knowledge. 



Article III.— Membership. 



Section i. The Society shall consist of mem- 

 bers, honorary members, fellows, and patrons. 



Sec. 2. Members shall be persons interested 

 in the increase and diffusion of geographic 

 knowledge. 



Sec. 3. Honorary members shall be persons 

 who have attained eminence by the promotion 

 of geographic science. They shall not be 

 members of the corporation, nor shall they 

 vote or hold office. 



Sec. 4. Fellows shall be persons engaged in 

 scientific work pertaining to geography. They 

 shall be members of the corporation. 



Sec. 5. Patrons shall be persons interested in 

 geography who have contributed one thousand 

 dollars ($1,000) or more to the objects of the 

 Society; they shall be entitled to all the privi- 

 leges of membership for life. 



Sec. 6. The election of members, honorary 

 members, fellows, and. patrons shall be en- 

 trusted to the Board of Managers. 



Article lY.— Officers. 



Section i. The administration of the affairs 

 of the Society shall be intrusted to a Board of 

 Managers composed of not more than 24 mem- 

 bers, eight of whom shall be elected by the 

 Society at each annual meeting to serve for 

 three years or until their successors are elected. 

 A majority of the votes cast shall be necessary 

 for election. 



Sec. 2. The officers of the Society shall be a 

 President, a Vice-President, a Secretary, and a 

 Treasurer, who shall be elected annually by 

 the Board of Managers from its own number. 

 The Board shall also elect an Editor, who shall 

 have general charge of the work of the office. 



subject to the direction of the Executive Com- 

 mittee ; an Assistant Treasurer, and an Assist- 

 ant Secretary. , 



Sec. 3. The President shall preside at the 

 meetings of the Society and of the Board of 

 Managers, or in the absence of the Vice-Presi- 

 dent, may delegate this duty to some other 

 member of the Board. 



Sec. 4. In the absence of the President, his 

 duties shall devolve upon the Vice-President. 



Sec. S. The President and Secretary shall 

 sign all written contracts and obligations of the 

 Society. 



Sec. 6. The Treasurer shall have charge of 

 the funds of the Society under the direction of 

 the Board of Managers, and shall make collec- 

 tions and disbursements and render a semi- 

 annual report and such special reports as may 

 be called for by the Board : and his accounts 

 shall be audited by a Committee semi-annually, 

 and at such other times as the Board may 

 direct. 



Sec. 7. The Secretary shall record the pro- 

 ceedings of the Society and of the Board of 

 Managers, conduct correspondence, and submit 

 an annual report to the Board, and to the So- 

 cietv at its annual meeting. 



Sec. 8. The Board of Managers shall fill 

 vacancies arising in the Board and among the 

 officers. 



Sec. 9. The Editor shall, under the direction 

 of the Executive Committee, have charge of 

 the general business of the Society in accord- 

 ance with the By-Laws and with such instruc- 

 tions as may, from time to time, be given by 

 the Board of Managers. All employees of the 

 Society shall perform their duties under his 

 personal supervision. 



Sec. 10. The Assistant Treasurer shall, un- 

 der the direction of the Treasurer, perform 

 such duties in connection with the disburse- 

 ment of the funds of the Society and the pre- 

 paration of vouchers, abstracts and reports as 

 the Treasurer may direct. 



Sec. II. The Assistant Secretary shall per- 

 form such duties as the Secretary may dele- 

 gate to him and shall also assist the Editor in 

 the general management of the affairs of the 

 office. In the absence of the Editor, he shall 

 have general charge of the office work. 



Article V. — Committees. 



Section i. There shall be an Executive 

 Committee consisting of the President, Vice- 

 President, Secretary and Treasurer, and three 

 others to be elected annually by the Board of 

 Managers from its own members. 



