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geographic science. There may be three classes of members — active, 

 corresponding, and honorary. 



Section 2. Active members only shall be members of the corporation 

 and may vote and hold office. 



Section 3. Persons residing at a distance from the District of Columbia 

 may become corresponding members. 



Section 4. Persons who have attained eminence by the promotion of 

 geographic science may be elected honorary members. 



Section 5. The election of members shall be entrusted to the Board of 

 Managers. 



Section 6. Corresponding members may be transferred to active mem- 

 bership, and active members to corresponding membership, by the Board 

 of Managers. 



Akticle IV.v 'Officers. 



Suction 1. The administration of the Society shall be entrusted to a 

 Board of Managers composed of eighteen members, six of whom shall be 

 elected by the Society at each annual meeting to serve for three years, or 

 until their successors are elected. A majority of the votes cast shall be 

 necessary for election. 



Section 2. The Board of Managers shall elect annually from their own 

 number a President, a Vice-President, a Treasurer, a Recording Secre- 

 tary, and a Corresponding Secretary. 



Section 3. The President shall preside at the meetings of the Society 

 and of the Board of Managers, or shall delegate this duty to the Vice- 

 President or other member of the Board. The President and Recording 

 Secretary shall sign all written contracts and obligations of the Society. 



Section 4. In the absence of the President his duties shall devolve on 

 the Vice-President. 



Suction 5. The Treasurer shall have charge of the funds of the Societv, 

 under the direction of the Board of Managers, and shall make collections 

 and disbursements, and render an annual report ; and his accounts shall 

 be audited by a committee of the Society, not members of the Board, 

 annually and at such other times as the Board may direct. 



Section 6. The Recording Secretary shall record the proceedings of the 

 Society and of the Board of Managers, and make an annual report. The 

 Corresponding Secretary, shall conduct correspondence on behalf of the 

 Society. 



Section 7. The Board of Managers shall fill vacancies arising in the 

 Board. 



Section 8. Absence of a member of the Board of Managers from five 

 successive Board meetings may, in the discretion of the Board, be con- 

 sidered equivalent to resignation. 



Article V. — Committees. 



Section 1. The committees of the Society and of the Board of Managers 

 shall be appointed by the President, except when otherwise provided by 

 resolution. The President shall be a member ex officio of every committee 



Section 2. There shall be Standing Committees on Publication, Com- 

 munications, Admissions, Research, and Finance, whose chairmen shall 



