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Council. Notice of such intended action sliall be sent to such member by 

 registered mail, and action shall not be taken for at least ninety days after 

 the mailing of this notice to such member. A member suspended or expelled 

 may demand a sealed letter ballot siistaining or reversing the action of the 

 Council. This ballot shall be sent to all members and may be accompanied by 

 a statement signed by the Council or a committee thereof, and by a statement 

 on behalf of the member concerned. A majority of the votes received within 

 ninety days after the mailing of the ballot shall be required to reverse the 

 action of the Council. 



XI. — Officers 



The officers of the Society as above provided shall be elected as hereinafter 

 provided, except that vrhenever a vacancy occurs it .shall be filled by a majority 

 of votes of the Council. Their respective terms of office shall begin at the 

 close of the meeting at w^hich they are elected. The duties of the several 

 officers shall be such as usually attach to their respective offices, or such as 

 may be declared by the Council. In the event of the inability of the President, 

 either by sickness or by absence, to perform the duties of his office, the Vice- 

 President shall act. If both the President and the Vice-President be inca- 

 pacitated, a meeting of the Council at the earliest possible date shall be called 

 by the Secretary, and a Second Vice-President shall then be named to act in 

 the place of the President and the First Vice-President. In the event of the 

 absence or disability of the Secretary or the Treasurer, the President may 

 appoint an Acting Secretary or Acting Treasurer to perform the duties of 

 these respective offices ; these appointments to be subject to the confirmation 

 of the Council at its next meeting. 



XII. — Amendments 



Amendments to the Constitution may be presented at a regular or business 

 meeting of the Society, and if indorsed by the Council or signed in writing by 

 at least ten per cent of the members, a copy of such proposed amendment shall 

 be sent to all members, accompanied by comment by the Council, if it so elects, 

 at least thirty days in advance of the next regular meeting. At that meeting 

 the amendment may be changed as to wording but not as to intent, and it 

 shall then be submitted to a final vote by sealed letter ballot sent to all mem- 

 bers. The poll shall be open for 120 days from the date of the mailing of the 

 ballot. For the adoption of the amendment two-thirds of the votes cast shall 

 be required. 



BY-LAWS 



I. — Nominations 



In all elections of officers, members shall be provided with tickets contain- 

 ing the nominations of at least three candidates for each office. 



In advance of the annual meeting the Council .shall appoint a nominating 

 committee of three members, not more than one of whom shall be a member 

 of the Council. This committee shall nominate three candidates for each 

 office to be filled by election at the ensuing annual meeting, and these nomina- 

 tions shall be sent to the members at least 120 days before the time of the 



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