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cations for membership should designate the section or sections 

 with which the applicant will unite. 



Any person may be elected a corresponding member of the 

 Institute by a unanimous vote of the Council, and such mem- 

 ber shall be exempt from the payment of dues and membership 

 fee. Any person who shall pay to the Institute the sum of one 

 hundred dollars at anyone time shall, on his request, be elected 

 a life member, and as such shall be exempt from all further dues 

 and assessments. 



SECTIONS. 



Any association, club or organization, admitted to membership 

 as hereinbefore provided, may become a section, which shall be 

 designated alphabetically by the Council, and have authorit}^ to 

 establish its title, to maintain its autonomy and manage its affairs, 

 not inconsistent with these by-laws. 



Each section shall have a chairman who shall discharge all of 

 the duties pertaining to such office and ex-ofiicio be and become 

 a Vice President of the association and a member of its Council. 

 Such chairman shall be elected by the section at or before the 

 time of the annual meeting of the association and his election 

 shall be certified by the Secretary of the section to the Clerk of 

 the corporation. 



Five or more members may organize a section, with the ap- 

 proval of the Council. 



MEETINGS. 



The annual meeting of the corporation shall be held upon the 

 first Wednesday of January, at such hour and place as the Clerk 

 shall deem expedient. Special meetings may be held at such 

 time and place as the Council shall deem expedient. Notice of 

 all meetings shall be given b}' publication in some newspaper in 

 the city of Manchester by one publication at least ten days 

 prior to said meeting or by written or printed notice by mail to 

 the last known address of each member at least ten days prior 

 to the meeting. 



DUES. 



The annual dues shall be three dollars, payable in advance. 



