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Article IX 



AMENDMENTS 



1. This Constitution may be amended at any annual meeting by a three- 

 fourths vote of all the Fellows, provided that the proposed amendment shall 

 have been submitted in print to all Fellows at least three months previous to 

 the meeting. 



2. By-laws may be made or amended by a majority vote of the Fellows 

 present and voting at any annual meeting, provided that printed notice of the 

 proposed amendment or by-law shall have been given to all Fellows at least 

 three months before the meeting. 



BY-LAWS 



Chapter I 

 OF membership 



1. No person shall be accepted as a Fellow unless he pay his initiation fee, 

 and the dues for the year, within three months after notification of his election. 

 The initiation fee shall be ten (10) dollars and the annual dues ten (10) dol- 

 lars, the latter payable on or before the annual meeting in advance ; but a 

 single prepayment of one hundred fifty (150) dollars shall be accepted as com- 

 mutation for life. A Fellow in good standing, however, who has paid annual 

 dues for not less than fifteen (15) years may commute further dues and be- 

 come a Life Fellow by making a single payment of one hundred (100) dollars. 



2. The sums paid in commutation of dues shall be covered into the Publica- 

 tion Fund. 



3. An arrearage in payment of annual dues shall deprive a Fellow of the 

 privilege of taking part in the management of the Society and of receiving the 

 publications of the Society. An arrearage continuing over two (2) years shall 

 be construed as notification of withdrawal. 



4. Any person eligible under Article III of the Constitution may be elected 

 Patron upon the payment of one thousand (1,000) dollars to the Publication 

 Fund of the Society. 



Chapter II 



OF OFFICIALS 



1. The President shall countersign, if he approves, all duly authorized ac- 

 counts and orders drawn on the Treasurer for the disbursement of money. 



2. The Secretary, until otherwise ordered by the Society, shall perform the 

 duties of Editor, Librarian, and Custodian of the property of the Society. 



3. The Society may elect an Assistant Secretary. 



4. The Treasurer shall give bonds, with two good sureties approved by the 

 Council, in the sum of five thousand dollars, for the faithful and honest per- 

 formance of his duties and the safe-keeping of the funds of the Society. He 

 may deposit the funds in bank at his discretion, but shall not invest them 



