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strued as precluding nominations of officers from the floor. 

 It shall be the duty of the Council to invest the funds 

 of the Club, whenever there shall be a balance in the 

 Treasury of more than five hundred dollars not wanted 

 for immediate disbursement. No transfer of any stock, 

 bond, note, or other evidence of debt standing in the 

 name of the Club, shall be made except by the Treasurer, 

 having the written order of the Council for that purpose, 

 and all transfers shall be countersigned by the President 

 or Secretary. 



5. To amend by changing the number of existing Article 

 X — Members- — to XI and by renumbering the subse- 

 quent articles in accordance with this change. 



II. It is moved to amend the By-Laws as follows: 



1. To amend Section 5 — Standing Committees — by omit- 

 ting: 1. Finance Committee, 2. Budget Committee, and 

 3. Membership Committee, and by renumbering the re- 

 maining committees accordingly. 



2. To amend by omitting Section 6 — Finance Committee. 



3. To amend by omitting Section 7 — Budget Committee. 



4. To amend by omitting Section 10 — Membership Com- 

 mittee. 



5. To amend by renumbering the remaining sections in ac- 

 cordance with the above modifications. 



Special 



Committee 



on the 



M. A. Howe 



S. F. Trelease 



R. H. Torrey Proposed 



[Amendment 



The report of the committee was accepted and the suggested 

 amendment unanimously adopted.* 



There being no other deferred or new business brought be- 

 fore the meeting, it then proceeded to the election of officers. 

 President Sinnott announced that he had appointed a nominat- 

 ing committee, and Dr. R. A. Harper reported as Chairman of 

 that committee the following nominations: 



* The Constitution and By-Laws as amended are printed in this issue of 

 Torreya. 



