BY-LAWS AND RULES 
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Article VIII. Fees and Accounts 
Sec. 1. Annual dues for members shall be three dollars payable in advance. 
Sec. 2. Any member upon payment of seventy-five dollars to the Society at 
any one time shall be entitled to life membership, and shall be exempt from 
membership dues. 
Sec. 3. All moneys received from life members and patrons in consideration 
of their election as such, and all gifts for undesignated purposes, shall be in- 
vested as a permanent fund, the income of which may be used for special pur- 
poses as directed by a three-fourths vote of the Council. 
Sec. 4- The accounts of the Treasurer shall be audited as directed by the 
Council at the close of each year before presentation at the annual stated meeting 
of the Society. 
RULES 
. Rule I. Election of Officers 
The election of officers shall be conducted as follows: 
Nominations shall be made in each case by an informal ballot, and the result 
announced by the Secretary, after which the first formal ballot shall be taken. 
In balloting for Vice-Presidents and the five additional members of the Coun- 
cil, each member shall write on one ballot as many names as there are officers to 
elect, namely, two on the first ballot for Vice-Presidents and five on the first 
ballot for members of the Council; and on each subsequent ballot as many names 
as there are officers still to be elected. Those persons who receive a majority 
of the votes cast shall be declared elected, providing that the number of persons 
receiving a majority does not exceed the number of persons to be elected, in 
which case the vacancies shall be filled by the candidates receiving the highest 
majorities. 
If in any case the informal ballot result in giving a majority for one or more 
of the persons balloted for, it may be declared formal by a majority vote. 
Rule II. Order of Business 
The order of business at the annual stated meeting unless changed by a two- 
thirds vote of members present shall be as follows: 
1. Reading and approval of the minutes of the previous meeting. 
2. Report of the Recording Secretary. 
3. Report of the Corresponding Secretary. 
4. Report of the Treasurer. 
5. Election of members. 
6. Election of ofl&cers and members of the Council. 
7. Appointment of committees. 
8. Report and recommendations of the Council. 
9. Action on business reported from the Council. 
10. Consideration of amendments to By-laws and Rules. 
11. Reports of committees. 
12. New and unfinished business. 
13. Reading of minutes of the meeting. 
