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The above mentioned officers, together with eight other mem- 
bers of the Society, known as Managers, shall constitute a Board 
of Managers. Officers and Managers shall be elected annually, 
by ballot, a majority of the votes cast being necessary to an elec- 
tion ; they shall hold office until their successors are elected ; and 
shall have power to fill vacancies occurring during the year. 
The President, or, in his absence, one of the Vice-Presidents, 
shall preside at the meetings of the Society and of the Board of 
Managers; he shall, together with the Recording Secretary, sign 
all written contracts and obligations of the Society, and attest its 
corporate seal ; he shall deliver an annual address to the Society. 
Each Vice-President shall represent in the Society and in the 
Board of Managers a department of geographic science, as follows : 
Geography of the Land. 
Geography of the Sea. 
Geography of the Air. 
Geography of Life. 
Geographic Art. 
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 collect 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 shall transact all the business of the 
Society, except such as may be presented at the annual meeting. 
It shall formulate rules for the conduct of its business. Nine 
members of the Board of Managers shall constitute a quorum. 
