BY-LAWS 167 



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 he approved by 

 a majority of the entire Council. The nominee for President shall not he 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 from the joint 

 fellowship by vote of the affiliated society concerned, subject to confirmation 

 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 

 reaching 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 

 candidate for any office, the Society shall by ballot at such Winter Meeting 

 proceed 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 By-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 Auditors shall be rendered to the Society before the adjournment of the 

 meeting, and the Society shall take appropriate action. 



