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2. The President shall discharge the usual duties of a presiding officer at all 

 meetings of the Society and of the Council. He shall take cognizance of the 

 acts of the Society and of its officers, and cause the provisions of the Constitu- 

 tion and By-La^YS to be faithfully carried into effect. 



3. The first Vice-President shall assume the duties of President in case of the 

 absence or disability of the latter. The Second Vice-President shall assume the 

 duties of President in case of the absence or disability of both the President 

 and First Vice-President. 



4. The Secretary shall keep the records of the proceedings of the Society, and 

 a complete list of the Fellows, with the dates of their election and disconnection 

 with the Society. He shall also be the secretarj^ of the Council. 



The Secretary shall cooperate with the President in attention to the ordinary 

 affairs of the Society. He shall attend to the preparation, printing and mailing 

 of circulars, blanks and notifications of elections and meetings. He shall super- 

 intend other printing ordered by the Society or by the President, and shall have 

 charge of its distribution, under the direction of the Council. 



The Secretary, unless other provision be made, shall also act as Editor of the 

 publications of the Society, and as Librarian and Custodian of the property. 



5. The Treasurer shall have the custody of all funds of the Society. He shall 

 keep account of receipts and disbursements in detail, and this shall be audited 

 as hereinafter provided. 



6. The Editor shall supervise all matters connected with the publication of 

 the transactions of the Society under the direction of the Council. 



7. The Council is clothed with executive authority and with the legislative 

 powers of the Society in the intervals between its meetings ; but no extraordinary 

 act of the Coimcil shall remain in force bej^ond the next following stated meeting 

 without ratification by the Society. The Council shall have control of the publi- 

 cations of the Society, under provisions of the By-Laws and of resolutions from 

 time to time adopted. They shall receive nominations for Fellows, and, on ap- 

 proval by them, shall submit such nominations to the Society for action. They 

 shall have power to fill vacancies ad interim in any of the offices of the Society. 



8. Terms of office. — The President and Vice-Presidents shall be elected annu- 

 ally, and shall not be eligible to re-election more than once until after an 

 interval of three years after retiring from office. 



The Secretary, Treasurer, and Editor shall be eligible to re-election without 

 limitation. 



The term of office of the Councilors shall be three years ; and these officers 

 shall be so grouped that two shall be elected and two retire each year. Coun- 

 cilors retired shall not be re-eligible till after the expiration of a year. 



Article V 



VOTING AND ELECTIONS 



1. All elections shall be by ballot. To elect a Fellow, Correspondent or 

 Patron, or impose any special tax, shall require the assent of nine-tenths of all 

 Fellows voting. 



2. Voting by letter may be allowed. 



3. Election of Fellows. — Nominations for fellowship may be made by two 

 Fellows according to a form to be provided by the Council. One of these Fel- 



