158 Xew Yoek at the World's Columbian Exposition. 



tiou mailed at Albany to the addresses of the members forty-eight 

 hours before the time of the meeting shall be deemed sufficient notice. 



" Art. 5. A -qnornm shall consist of seven. The office shall be in 

 the Capitol, at Albany. 



'^ Art. 6. The executive -committee- shall consist of six members; in 

 addition thereto the president and secretary shall be ex-officio members 

 of the said committee. The said committee may make its own rules 

 and regulations provided they do not conflict with any adopted by this 

 board or by the Board of General Managers. The said executive com- 

 mittee when the board is not in session shall have all of its powers 

 and rights. 



" Art. T. Tlie president shall have all the powers and privileges 

 incident to her office. In the absence of the president, one of the 

 vice-presidents, in order of precedence, shall perform the duties and 

 exercise the powers of the president. The secretary shall keep accu- 

 rate records of all the business transacted by the board and by the 

 executive committee. She shall have charge of the correspondence of 

 the board and of the executive committee, and shall perform such other 

 duties as the board or executive committee may direct. 



" Art. 8. The treasurer shall have charge of all the moneys intrusted 

 to her care and shall make report from time to time of the amounts 

 expended. 



''Art. 9. The auditing committee shall examine and audit all bills 

 and accounts of the board and of the executive committee. 



" Art. 10. There shall be a department known as the bureau of 

 applied arts, which shall have charge of all matters referred to it by 

 the executive committee or by the board. This bureau may be estab- 

 lished in the city of IS'ew York, and its operations controlled by the 

 executive committee. 



"Art. 11. There shall be an official seal for the exclusive use of this 

 board. 



_" Art. 12. Amendments of the by-laws shall be made only by the 

 affirmative vote of five members." 



Mrs. Ralph Trautman, first vice-president of the National Board of 

 Lady Managers, who always loyally rendered her aid to the New York 

 board, and Mrs. Susan G. Cooke, secretary, were invited to be present at 

 the first meeting of the women managers and gave much information 

 relating to the women's department of the exposition. The newly 

 appointed managers, however, felt themselves exceedingly inexperi- 

 enced, and the president appointed a committee to go to Chicago to 

 consult Mrs. Palmer and become familiar with the different Hnes of 

 work. This visit proved to be of immense value, particularly as a 

 means o± inspiration, the committee going to the offices of the National 

 Board and holding consultations with Mrs. Palmer and other officials 

 At the suggestion of the Board of Geners^l Managere the- women visited 

 icoo ^^^^^- occasion of the Columbian celebration, October 12, 

 1892, and Chicago a week later when the exposition buildings were 

 dedicated, llie women managers felt the necessity at once of making 

 an attempt to interest the women throughout the State in the exposi- 

 tion and plans for arranging work in the different judicial districts 



