THE 



LAWS AND REGULATIONS 



op 



THE LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, 



OF NEW- YORK. 



There shall be One President, Three Vice Presidents, Twelve Coun- 

 sellors, Two Corresponding Secretaries, Two Recording Secretaries, 

 Two Curators, and One Treasurer. 



Art. I. In the absence of the President, one of the Vice Presidents 

 shall take the chair, and in their absence, the oldest Counsellor present 

 shall preside. 



Art. II. All the officers of the society shall be chosen annually, by 

 ballot, and the annual election shall be on the second Thursday of Janu- 

 ary in each year ; and every choice shall require a majority of the votes. 



Art. III. If any officer of the Society, the President and Treasurer 

 excepted, shall absent himself from four successive meetings of the So- 

 ciety, (unless detained by sickness, or absence from the city, of which 

 he shall give notice,) he shall be considered as having vacated his office, 

 and another shall be chosen in his place. 



Art. IV, There shall be a stated meeting of the Society on the 

 second Thursday of every month, and nine members shall be sufficient 

 to constitute a quorum. 



