By-Ljiws. 
Section I.— Of Officers and their Duties. 
Article I. The President shall preside at the meetings of the 
Society and of the Council, shall preserve order, regulate debates, 
conduct all business proceedings, appoint all committees authorized 
by the Society unless otherwise specially ordered, shall till by 
appointment any office which may become vacant until the annual 
election shall be had, shall appoint Heads of Sections, shall, on 
the first Thursday in May, make a report to the Society as to its 
general condition and needs, and shall order a call for a special 
meeting when requested so to do by five members of the Society. 
Art. II. d'he Vice-Presidents shall, in their alphabetical order, 
perform the duties of the President in his absence. 
Art. III. The Corresponding Secretary shall be charged 
with all the correspondence of the Society and Council, shall 
notify members and officers of their election, shall, three weeks 
before the annual meeting, mail blank ballots with return enve¬ 
lopes to all voting members, not constant residents of Newport, 
and shall deliver all such return letters unopened to the Recording 
Secretary at the time of the election of officers. He shall proceed 
in like manner when any change is proposed in the Constitution or 
the By-Laws, notifying every such member of the change proposed, 
lie shall give two consecutive days’ notice of each regular meet¬ 
ing through the daily paper and also of each special meeting 
upon the President’s order. 
Art. IY. The Recording Secretary shall take and preserve 
correct minutes of the proceedings of the Society and Council in 
books to be kept for that purpose, shall have charge of all records 
belonging to the Society, shall obtain the signature of members to 
the By-Laws and keep a corrected list of their names and 
addresses. 
