CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS. 



CONSTITUTION 



Article I. 

 The provisions of the Act of Incorporation, Chapter 526 of the Laws 

 of 1905, are adopted and form part of this Constitution. 



Article II. 



The management of the affairs of the Association shall be vested in 

 a board of fifteen trustees, composed of thirteen members to be elected 

 by the Association at the first annual meeting and thereafter as pro- 

 vided in the By-Laws, together with the president of the Borough of 

 Richmond and the district superintendent of schools in said Borough 

 for the time being, as ex-ofificio members. A president, first and 

 second vice-presidents, recording secretary, corresponding secretary 

 and treasurer shall be elected yearly by the said Board at its annual meet- 

 ing. Any vacancy in either of the above offices, or in the Board of 

 Trustees, except in the case of ex-ofihcio members, may be filled by the 

 Board of Trustees, and the persons so selected shall serve until their 

 successors are elected. Any trustee absent for three consecutive meet- 

 ings of the Board may, unless an excuse for such absence satisfactory 

 to the Board be presented, be declared by the Board to have vacated 

 the office of trustee. 



Article III. 



The Board of Trustees may make such rules and regulations, appoint 

 such committees and employ such persons as they may deem advisal.c 

 to aid in the performance of the duties expressed or implied in the Act 

 of Incorporation. 



Article I\'. 



The principal ofifice of the Association shall be located in the Borough 

 of Richmond in the City and State of New York. 



Article V. 



Amendments to this Constitution, not incompatible with the Act of 

 Incorporation, may be made by a vote of two-thirds of the members pres- 

 ent and qualified to vote at any special meeting of the Association 

 called for that purpose, or at any regular meeting, on not less than five 

 days' notice of such meeting by mail, sent to each member and includ- 

 ing the text of the proposed amendments, provided such proposed 



