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HISTORY AND WORK OF THE 
mg members shall pay an annual fee of five dollars. Any 
person may become a life member on payment at one time of 
twenty-five dollars to the Treasurer of the Society. 
Article V. — Of Officers. 
Section 1. — The officers of the Society shall be a Presi- 
dent, Honorary Vice-Presidents, not to exceed twelve in 
number, a General Secretary-Treasurer and an Executive 
Committee, or Council, consisting of not more than twelve 
members, of which the President and Secretary-Treasurer 
shall be ex-officio members. 
Section 2. — These officers shall be elected at the annual 
meeting, and shall remain in office until the close of the 
meeting at which their successors are chosen. 
Section 3. — The Executive Committee shall have power 
to accept resignations from its body, and to fill vacancies in 
its membership, and shall elect its Chairman, who shall be 
chosen at the annual meeting of the Committee. 
Section 4. — The duties of the several officers and the 
Executive Committee shall be to transact any business they 
deem necessary for the advancement of the objects of the 
Society. 
Section 5. — Local Secretaries may be appointed by the 
Executive Committee, and shall be under the general super- 
vision of the Secretary-Treasurer. 
Article VI. — Of Meetings. 
Section 1. — The annual meeting of the Society shall take 
place in the month of January, at a day and place fixed by 
the Executive Committee. 
Section 2. — A notice of the annual meeting shall be sent 
ten days in advance to all the Executive and Honorary offi- 
cers of the Society, and such notices shall also be given in 
the daily press as the Executive Committee may direct. 
Section 3. — The annual meeting of the Executive Commit- 
tee shall be held as soon as practicable after the annual meet- 
ing of the Society. The regular business meetings of the 
