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Sierra Club Bulletin. 



Article XIV. — Election of Directors. 



Section i. The annual election for Directors shall be held on 

 the last Saturday of April of each year, and the voting shall be 

 by ballot. No notice of such election, except that given by the 

 mailing of such ballot, shall be necessary. 



Sec. 2. The polls shall be open at i o'clock p. m. and shall 

 be kept open until 4 o'clock p. m. on the day of election. A 

 pluraHty of votes shall elect. 



Sec. 3. The Board of Directors shall appoint five Judges of 

 Election from the members of the Cluh at large to supervise said 

 election, a majority of whom shall be competent to act, and the 

 Secretary of the Board shall refer to them unopened all the 

 envelopes containing ballots. 



Sec. 4. The Judges of Election shall, at the time of the 

 annual election and before opening the envelopes, check off the 

 names of those thus voting, and shall thereupon open and destroy 

 said envelopes and, without examining the ballot, cast said ballot 

 in a box provided therefor. At the close of the election the 

 judges shall count and report to the President and Secretary 

 in writing the number of votes cast for each candidate and the 

 names of those elected to serve as Directors; and the Secretary 

 shall thereupon notify in writing the members elected. 



Article XV.— Removal from Office. 

 Any Director or other officer of the Club may be removed from 

 office for good cause shown, by an affirmative vote of not less 

 than three fourths of the members present at a special meeting 

 of the Club convoked for that purpose, or by a three-fourths 

 vote of all ballots cast at a special vote of the Club as provided 

 for in Article XXIII. 



Article XVI. — Meetings of the Board of Directors. 

 Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held when called 

 by the President or by three members of the Board. The Secre- 

 tary shall mail to each member of the Board a written notice 

 specifying the time and place of meeting at least two days prior 

 thereto. A majority of the Directors shall constitute a quorum 

 and form a Board for the transaction of business. 



Article XVII. — Meetings of the Club. 

 The Club shall hold an annual meeting at such time as the 

 Directors may decide, such meeting to be held primarily for the 

 reading of papers or the delivering of lectures on subjects of 

 interest to the Club, and also for the purpose of exhibiting stere- 



