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urer, and an Executive Council of 

 three (3) members. 



Sec. 2. -No member shall hold 

 more than one office at any one 

 time. 

 ARTICLE IV. "Duties of Officers. 



Seel.— Duties of the President. 

 The President shall be the official 

 head of the Association and it 

 shall be his duty to preside at any 

 of the meeting-s; to enforce a due 

 observance of the Constitution and 

 By-laws; and to perform such 

 other duties as may pertain to 

 thisoffice. 



Sec. 2.-Duties of Vice-President 

 It shall be the duty of the Vice 

 President to perform the duties 

 of the President in case of his 

 being- absent or otherwise eng-ag-- 

 ed. 



Sec. 3. --Duties of the Secretary. 

 It shall be the dut}^ of the Secretary 

 to conduct the correspondence of 

 the Association; to keep a history 

 of the Association; to keep a record 

 of its members and officers; and to 

 notify persons of their election 

 to membership, and members of 

 their election to office. 



Sec 4.-- Duties of the Editor- 

 treasurer. This officer shall be the 

 Editor-in-chief of the official organ 

 and shall have power with the 

 consent of the President and Sec- 

 retary, to purchase such supplies 

 as may be needed in its publi- 

 cation. 



He shall receive and have charge 

 of all moneys belong-ing to the 

 Association, and shall pay such 

 bills as are approved and endorsed 

 by the President and Secretary. 

 He shall publish in each issue of 

 the official organ, a report of all 

 receipts and expenditures made 

 by him during- the preceding- 

 quarter. 



Sec. 5, —Duties of the Executive 

 Council. The}^ shall ballot upon 



the names of all candidates for 

 membership and a two-thirds vote 

 of the Council shall be required 

 to elect a candidate. 



The Chairman of the Council 

 shall notif}'' the Secretary of all 

 persons elected to membership. 

 The)' shall furnish for publication 

 in each issue of the official organ 

 a report of their proceedings. 

 In all cases not otherwise provid- 

 ed for, the Executive Council 

 shall have supreme power; 

 provided, that when their vote is 

 not unanimous, the vote of the 

 President of the Association shall 

 decide. 

 ARTICLE V.-Election of officers. 



Sec. 1.— The election of officers 

 shall ba h;ld annually^ on the 

 15th. day of June. 



Sec. 2.— The officers of the As- 

 sociation shall be nominated and 

 elected by ballot of the active 

 members and shall be chosen from 

 among' the active members. 



Sec 3.— Manner of Nomination. 

 On or before the 10th. day of 

 March each active member shall 

 send to the Secretary the names 

 of the members nominated dy him 

 for the various offi;es. 



Sec, 4.— The Secretary shall 

 count and place on file these 

 ballots and shall publish in the 

 succeeding- April number of the 

 official org-an the names of the 

 two (2) candidates, for the offices 

 of President, and Vice— President, 

 Secretary, and Editor-treasurer, 

 who received the hig-her number 

 of nominating votes, and the 

 names of the six (6) candidates 

 for the offices of Executive Coun- 

 cil, who received the higher num- 

 ber of ballots. 



Sec. 5.— In case a member shall 

 receive enough nominating ballots 

 for each of two different offices to 

 make him the nominee of each of 



