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4. At least a month before one of the stated meetings of the Society the Secre- 

 tary will mail a printed list of all approved nominees to each Fellow, accompanied 

 by such information as may be necessary'- for intelligent vothig ; but an informal 

 list of the candidates shall be se;it to each Fellow at least two weeks prior to dis- 

 tribution of the ballots. 



5. The Fellows receiving the list will signify their approval or disapproval of 

 each nominee, and return the lists to the Secretary. 



6. At the next stated meeting of the Council the Secretary will i)resent the lists 

 and the Council will canvass the returns. 



7. The Council, by unanimous vote of the members in attendance, may still 

 exercise the power of rejection of any nominee ^\'tiom new information shows to 

 be unsuitable for fellowship. 



8. At the next stated meeting of the Society the Council shall declare the results. 



9. Correspondents and Patrons shall be nominated by the Council, and shall he 

 elected in the same manner as Fellows. 



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. 



2. The list shall be mailed to the Fellows, for their information, at least 40 days 

 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 20 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 15 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 declare 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, incidental 

 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 appropriated, 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 Noveml)er thirtieth, as 



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