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Article IV. Meetings. 



Section i. Time. — The Society shall hold regular meetings 

 at least once every two months during the academic year. 



Section 2. Annual Business. — The first regular meeting of 

 each calendar year shall be an annual business meeting. 



Section 3. Program. — The programs of the meetings shall 

 consist of (A) brief presentations, in elementary form, of the 

 essential points of experimental investigations, preferably demon- 

 strations of actual experiments; and (B) of papers to be read by 

 title. 



Article V. Officials. 



Section i. Officers. — The Officers shall be a President, a 

 Vice-president, and a Secretary-treasurer. 



They shall be elected from those members whose scientific 

 work is conducted within the limits of Greater New York. 



Section 2. Council. — The council shall consist of the Presi- 

 dent, the Vice-president, the Secretary-treasurer and two mem- 

 bers of the Society, one elected annually to serve two years. 

 Ex-presidents of the Society shall be permanent members of the 

 Council. 



Section 3. Nomination and Election. — A. Nominations of 

 officers shall be made in the regular session immediately preceding 

 the annual business meeting. 



B. Election of officers shall be by ballot at the annual business 

 meeting. 



C. A plurality of the vote cast shall elect. 



Section 4. Term of Office. — The term of office shall be one 

 calendar year except as specified above for the Council. 



Section 5. Duties. — A. The duties of the officers shall be 

 such as usually devolve on them individually, and also collectively, 

 as an executive committee. 



B. The council shall promptly investigate and report its 

 findings on the eligibility of candidates for membership and on 

 the desirability of each candidate's election. 



Article VI. Financial. 

 Section i. Dues. — The council shall have authority to fix 

 the amount of the annual dues. 



