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Sec. 6. Honorary Members shall be chosen by the Board from among persons 

 who have rendered eminent service to science, and only upon unanimous nomination 

 of the Executive Committee. They shall be exempt from all dues. 



ARTICLE 11. 



BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 



Section i . The Board of Trustees shall consist of fifteen members. The respec- 

 tive members of the Board now in office, and those who shall hereafter be elected, shall 

 hold office during life. Vacancies occurring in the Board shall be filled at a regular 

 meeting of the Board, upon the nomination of the Executive Committee made at a 

 preceding regular meeting, by a majority vote of the members of the Board present. 



Sec. 2. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held on the second Monday 

 of each month. Special meetings may be called at any time by the President, and 

 shall be called by the Secretary upon the written request of three Trustees. Five 

 Trustees shall constitute a quorum, except for the election of officers or the adoption 

 of the Annual Budget, when seven Trustees shall be required, but meetings may be 

 adjourned by any less number from day to day, or to a day fixed, previous to the 

 next regular meeting. 



Sec. 3. Reasonable written notice, designating the time and place of holding 

 meetings, shall be given by the Secretary. 



ARTICLE III. 



HONORARY TRUSTEES. 



Section i. As a mark of respect, and in appreciation of services performed for 

 the Institution, those Trustees who by reason of inability, on account of change of 

 residence, or for other cause, or from indisposition to serve longer in such capacity, 

 shall resign their place upon the Board, may be elected, by a majority of those 

 present at any regular meeting of the Board, an Honorary Trustee for life. Such 

 Honorary Trustee will receive notice of all meetings of the Board of Trustees, 

 whether regular or special, and will be expected to be present at all such meetings and 

 participate in the deliberations thereof, but an Honorary Trustee shall not have the 

 right to vote. 



ARTICLE IV. 



OFFICERS. 



Section i. The officers shall be a President, a First Vice-President, a Second 

 Vice-President, a Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, and a Treasurer. They shall be 

 chosen by ballot by the Board of Trustees, a majority of those present and voting 

 being necessary to elect. The President, the First Vice-President, and the Second 

 Vice-President shall be chosen from among the members of the Board of Trustees. 

 The meeting for the election of officers shall be held on the second Monday of Jan- 

 uary of each year, and shall be called the Annual Meeting. 



Sec. 2. The officers shall hold office for one year, or until their successors are 

 elected and qualified, but any officer may be removed at any regular meeting of the 

 Board of Trustees by a vote of two-thirds of all the members of the Board. Vacancies 

 in any office may be filled by the Board at any meeting. 



Sec. 3. The officers shall perform such duties as ordinarily appertain to their 

 respective offices, and such as shall be prescribed by the By-Laws, or designated from 

 time to time by the Board of Trustees. 



