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STANDING RULES OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS. 
ADOPTED JANUARY 16, 1891. 
1.—The President, Vice-Presidents and Secretaries of the 
Society shall hold like offices in the Board of Managers. 
2.—The President ‘shall have power to call special meetings of 
the Board of Managers and to appoint special committees. He 
shall, also, at the beginning of each year appoint a Standing 
Committee, of three persons, on Communications ; a Standing 
Committee, of three persons, on Publications ; and three dele- 
gates, of which he shali be chairman, to serve on the Joint Com- 
mission. » srt 
3.—The Treasurer shall receive all dues and other income of 
the Society ; shall keep its accounts ; and shall disburse its funds 
under the direction of the Board of Managers. 
4,—One of the Secretaries shall act as the Secretary of the 
Board and the other as Secretary of the Society ; and both 
Secretaries shall be excused from serving on committees. 
5.—The Committee on Communications shall receive and con- 
sider all communications, and propositions relating to communi- 
cations, designed for delivery before the Society, and shall pre-_ 
pare programmes for all meetings. 
6.—The Committee on Publications shall have charge of the 
publications of the Society. 
The —At the beginning of each year the Secretary shall submit 
an estimate of the revenues of the Society for the current year, 
whereupon, the Board shall make itemized appropriations for the 
different classes of regular expenditures. All expenditures not 
included in these regular allotments must be specially authorized 
by the Board. Charges against the regular allotments will be 
paid by the Treasurer upon the certification of the officer or 
chairman of the committee incurring the expenditures. 
8.—The names of proposed members, recommended in con- 
formity with Article III of the By-Laws, may be presented at 
any meeting of the Board of Managers and shall lie over at 
least two weeks before final action. 
