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such other officers as the By-Laws may hereafter provide for, for 
the care of an Aquarium and a Zoological Garden. These officers 
shall be chosen annually on the first Thursday in May. 
Article VI.— Tenure of Office. 
No officer shall be re-eligible to the same office for more than 
three successive years except the trustees. 
Article VII.— Election of Officers. 
The election of officers shall be by ballot. All members of the 
Society who only reside in Newport a portion of the year shall 
be entitled to vote for officers through the mail. A plurality of 
the votes cast and received shall insure election. 
Article VIII.— Council. 
All the officers of the Society, together with all its ex-Presidents, 
shall constitute a Board of Management or Council. 
Article IX. —By-Laws. 
By-Laws for the more particular regulation of the Society may 
from time to time be made. 
Article X. —Alteration of Constitution. 
This Constitution may be altered or amended in any of the 
preceding articles by a vote to that effect of three-fourths of the 
members voting at any regular meeting of the Society, providing, 
however, that every voting member of the Society shall have been 
notified by mail of the proposed alteration at least three weeks 
before such meeting, and that all voting members, not constant 
residents of Newport, be allowed to vote on the question of 
such alteration or amendment through the mail. But the article 
which immediatelv follows this shall be unalterable. 
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Article XI.— Dissolution. 
The consent of every voting member of the Society shall be 
necessary to its dissolution. 
In case of a dissolution the property of the Society shall not be 
distributed among the members, but donors may claim and receive 
such donations as they have made to the Museum, and the 
remainder shall be given to some public institution on such 
conditions as may be agreed on. 
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