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Article III 

 Officers 



Sec. 1. The officers of the society shall be a 

 president, a vice-president, a secretary-treasurer, 

 and the members at large of the executive com- 

 mittee. 



Sec. 2. The executive committee shall consist 

 of the president, the vice-president, the secretary- 

 treasurer and five members elected from the society 

 at large. Of these five members, one shall be 

 elected each year to serve five years. If any mem- 

 ber at large shall be elected to any other office, a 

 member at large shall be elected at once to serve 

 out the remainder of his term. 



See. 3. These officers shall be elected by ballot 

 at the annual meeting of the society, and their 

 official terms shall commence with the close of the 

 annual meeting, except that the secretary-treasurer 

 shall be elected triennially and shall serve for three 

 years. 



Sec. 4. The officers named in section 1 shall dis- 

 charge the duties usually assigned to their respec- 

 tive officers. 



Sec. 5. Vacancies in the board of officers, oc- 

 curring from any cause, may be filled by election 

 by ballot at any meeting of the society. A vacancy 

 in the seeretary-treasurership occurring in the inter- 

 val of the meetings of the society may be filled by 

 anpointment until the next annual meeting by the 

 executive committee. 



Sec. 6. At the annual meeting the president 

 shall name a nominating committee of three mem- 

 bers. This committee shall make its nominations 

 to the secretary not less than one month before the 

 next annual meeting. It shall be the duty of the 

 secretary to mail the list of nominations to all mem- 

 bers of the society at least two weeks before the 

 annual meeting. Additional nominations for any 

 office may be made in writing to the secretary by 

 any five members at any time previous to balloting. 



Article IV 

 Meetings of the Society 



Sec. 1. Unless previously determined by the so- 

 ciety the time and place of the annual meeting of 

 the society shall be determined by its executive 

 committee. Special meetings may be called and 

 arranged for by the executive committee. Notices 

 of such meetings shall be mailed to all members of 

 the society at least two weeks before the date set 

 for the meeting. 



See. 2. Sections of the society may be organ- 

 ized in any locality by not less than ten members, 

 for the purpose of holding meetings for the pres- 

 entation of scientific papers. Such sections shall 

 have the right to elect their own officers and also 

 associate members; provided, however, that associ- 

 ate membership in any section shall not confer 

 membership in the society. 



Article V 

 Quorum 

 Twenty five memhers shall constitute a quorum 

 of the society, and four a quorum of its executive 

 committee. 



Article VI 

 Changes in the Constitution 

 Amendments to this constitution may be adopted 

 at any meeting of the society by a two thirds vote 

 of the members present, upon the following condi- 

 tions: 



(a) The proposed amendment must be in wri- 

 ting and signed by at least five members of the so- 

 ciety. 



(b) This signed proposal must be in the hands 

 of the secretary at least one month before the meet- 

 ing of the society at which it is to be considered. 



(c) The secretary shall mail copies of the pro- 

 posed amendment to the members of the society .^t 

 least two weeks before the meeting. 



By-laws 



A set of by-laws, for the guidance of officers of 

 the society in the performance of their duties, was 

 also adopted in substance, but the work of em- 

 bodying the same in appropriate and clear phrase- 

 ology was delegated to the executive committee. 



Officers of the society for the year 1914, as pro- 

 vided by the new constitution, were elected as fol- 

 lows : 



President — C. E. McClung, University of Penn- 

 sylvania. 



Vice-president — M. F. Guyer, University of Wis- 

 consin. 



Secretary-treasurer — Caswell Grave, Johns Hop- 

 kins University. 



Additional Memhers, Executive Committee — To 

 serve one year, H. E. Jordan, University of Vir- 

 ginia; to serve two years, H. F. Nachtrieb, Univer- 

 sity of Minnesota; to serve three years, H. V. Wil- 

 son, University of North Carolina; to serve four 

 years, George Lefevre, University of Missouri; to 

 serve five years, A. F. Shull, University of Michi- 

 gan. 



The treasurers of the Central and Eastern 

 branches made financial statements, which were 

 examined and found correct by an auditing com- 

 mittee consisting of Harold S. Colton and Wm. A. 

 Kepner. These reports showed a total balance in 

 current funds, December 30, 1913, of $597.22. 



The custodian of the permanent fund, J. H. 

 Gerould, reported the receipt of a 15 per cent, divi- 

 dend on the claim of the society against the Indus- 

 trial Savings and Loan Company of New York. 



A finance committee consisting of Frank E. Lillie, 

 chairman, Caswell Grave and E. G. Conklin, was 

 created to have charge of the investment of the 

 permanent fund and the executive committee was 

 instructed to add to the permanent fund from cur- 

 rent funds of the society whenever such action is 

 deemed expedient. 



