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issue its call for the annual conventions of the association not loss than sixty 
days before the date on which they are to be held and. for special meetings, not 
less than ten days before such date. It shall he charged with the general ar- 
rangements and conduct of all meetings called by it. it shall designate the 
time and place of the convention; it shall present a well-prepared order of 
business — of subjects for discussion and shall provide and arrange f< r the 
meetings of the several sections. The subjects provided for consideration by 
each section at any convention of the association shall concentrate the delibera- 
tions of the sections upon not more than two lines of discussion, which lines as 
far as possible shall he related. Not more than one-third of the working time 
of any annual convention of the association shall be confined to miscellaneous 
business. 
FINANCES. 
At every annual convention the association, in general session, shall provide 
for obtaining the funds necessary for its legitimate expenses, and may. by appro- 
priate action, call for contributions upon the several institutions eligible to 
membership; and no institution shall be entitled to representation or participa- 
tion in the benefits of the association unless such institution shall have made 
the designated contribution for the year previous to that in and for which such, 
question of privilege shall arise, or shall have said payment remitted by the 
unanimous vote of the executive committee. 
AMENDMENTS. 
This constitution may be amended at any regular convention of the associa- 
tion by a two-thirds vote of the delegates present, if the number constitute a 
quorum : Provided, That notice of any proposed amendment, together with the 
full text thereof and the name of the mover, shall have been given at the next 
preceding annual convention, and repeated in the call for the convention. Every 
such proposition of amendment shall be subject to modification or amendment 
in the same manner as other propositions, and the final vote on the adoption or 
rejection shall be taken by yeas and nays of the institutions then and there 
represented. 
Rules oe Order. 
(1) The executive committee shall be charged with the order of business, sub- 
ject to special action of the convention, and this committee may report at any 
tini^. 
(2) All business or topics proposed for discussion and all resolutions sub- 
mitted for consideration of the convention shall be read and then referred, 
without debate, to the executive committee, to be assigned positions on the 
programme. 
(3) Speakers invited to open discussion shall be entitled to twenty minutes 
each. 
(4) In general discussions the ten-minute rule shall be enforced. 
(5) No speaker shall be recognized a second time on any one subject while 
any delegate who has not spoken thereon desires to do so. 
(0) The hours of meeting and adjournment adopted with the general pro- 
gramme shall be closely observed, unless changed by a two-thirds vote of the 
delegates present. 
(7) The presiding officer shall enforce the parliamentary rules usual in such 
assemblies and not inconsistent with the foregoing. 
(8) Vacancies which may arise in the membership of standing committees by 
death, resignation, or separation from the association, of members, shall be 
filled by the committees, respectively. 
