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3. No person shall be eligible for election to any office except 
after nomination at a preceding meeting. 
Section 4. Officers. 
1. The officers of the Society shall be a President, three Vice- 
Presidents, a Curator, a Secretary, a Librarian, a Treasurer, and 
twenty-four Councillors, who together shall constitute a board for 
the management of the affairs of the Society, and shall be called 
the Council, and shall hold office until their successors have quali¬ 
fied in their places. 
All Presidents and Vice-Presidents prior to January 7, 1891, are 
ex-officio members of the Council. 
All officers shall be chosen by ballot. Of the twenty-four 
Councillors eight shall be chosen at each Annual Meeting to serve 
for three years. 
2. The President shall preside at the meetings of the Society 
and of the Council. 
3. The Vice-Presidents shall perform the duties of President in 
his absence in the order of seniority in office. 
4. The Curator shall be a person of acknowledged scientific 
attainments. Under direction of the Council he shall have general 
charge of the museum and its contents, shall be responsible for the 
proper arrangement of the collections, and shall perform such other 
duties as may be prescribed by the Council. 
5. The Secretary shall record the proceedings of the Society, 
of its Sections, and of the Council, in books to be kept for that 
purpose; shall have charge of all records belonging to the Society, 
and of its publications; shall conduct the correspondence of the 
Society, and keep a record thereof; shall inform Members of their 
election, and Committees of their appointment; and shall give 
notice of all meetings, and inform officers of all matters which 
occur at any meeting requiring their action. 
6. The Librarian shall have charge of the library and shall 
observe and enforce such regulations as the Council may make for 
its use. 
