BY-LAWS 99 



Chapter IV 



OF ELECTION OF OFFICERS 



1. The Council shall prepare a list of nominations for the several offices, 

 which list will constitute the regular ticket. The ticket must be approved by a 

 majority of the entire Council. The nominee for President shall not be a 

 member of the Council. The nominee for Third Vice-President shall be the 

 nominee for the presidency of the Paleontological Society, which has been 

 organized as a section under Article VIII of the Constitution. The nominee 

 for the vice-president representing an affiliated society shall be chosen from 

 the joint fellowship by vote of the affiliated society concerned, subject to con- 

 firmation by the Council of the Geological Society of America. 



2. The list shall be mailed to the Fellows, for their information, at least 

 nine months before the Annual Meeting. Any five Fellows may forward to the 

 Secretary other nominations for any or all offices. All such nominations reach- 

 ing the Secretary at least 40 days before the Annual Meeting shall be printed, 

 together with the names of the nominators, as special tickets. The regular 

 and special tickets shall then be mailed to the Fellows at least 25 days before 

 the Annual Meeting. 



3. The Fellows will send their ballots to the Secretary in double envelopes, 

 the outer envelope bearing the voter's name. At the Winter Meeting of the 

 Council, the Secretary will bring the returns of ballots before the Council for 

 canvass, and during the Winter Meeting of the Society the Council shall de- 

 clare the result. 



4. In case a majority of all the ballots shall not have been cast for any can- 

 didate for any office, the Societ3^ shall by ballot at such Winter Meeting pro- 

 ceed to make an election for such office from the two candidates having the 

 highest number of votes. 



Chapter V 



OF FINANCIAL METHODS 



1. No pecuniary obligation shall be contracted without express sanction of 

 the Society or the Council. But it is to be understood that all ordinary, inci- 

 dental, and running expenses have the permanent sanction of the Society, 

 without special action. 



2. The creditor of the Society must present to the Treasurer a fully itemized 

 bill, certified by the official ordering it, and approved by the President. The 

 Treasurer shall then pay the amount out of any funds not otherwise appro- 

 priated, and the receipted bill shall be held as his voucher. 



3. At each annual meeting, the President shall call upon the Society to choose 

 two Fellows, not members of the Council, to whom shall be referred the books 

 of the Treasurer, duly posted and balanced to the close of November thirtieth, 

 as specified in the Bj-Laws, Chapter II, clause 4. The Auditors shall examine 

 the accounts and vouchers of the Treasurer, and any member or members of 

 the Council may be present during the examination. The report of the Audi- 

 tors shall be rendered to the Society before the adjournment of the meeting, 

 and the Society shall take appropriate action. 



