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MINUTES  OF  THE 
The  chair  being  now  vacated  by  the  retiring  President,  Mr. 
Gordon  took  his  place  with  some  very  appropriate  remarks. 
On  motion,  the  President  was  authorized  to  cast  the  ballot  for 
the  remaining  Officers  and  Committees,  upon  which  the  tellers 
-  reported  their  election. 
The  Business  Committee  offered  the  following  Resolutions,  as 
Amendments  to  the  Constitution,  to  come  up  at  the  next  meeting 
of  the  Association  for  final  adoption. 
Notice  to  amend  the  Constitution. 
Resolved,  That  Article  III.,  Section  I.  of  the  Constitution  be  amended 
by  inserting  after  the  words  "  Who  shall,"  the  words  "  With  the  excep- 
tion of  the  Recording  Secretary."    Section  I.  will  then  read  as  follows  : 
"  Article  III.  Section  1st.— The  officers  shall  be  a  President,  two  or 
more  Vice-Presidents,  a  Recording  Secretary,  a  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary and  a  Treasurer,  who  shall,  with  the  exception  of  the  Recording 
Secretary,  be  elected  annually,  and  shall  hold  office  until  an  election  of 
successors." 
Resolved,  That  a  new  Section,  to  be  called  Section  II.,  be  introduced 
under  Article  III.,  as  follows  : — The  Recording  Secretary  shall  be  elected 
to  hold  office  permanently,  during  the  pleasure  of  the  Association  ;  shall 
receive  from  the  Treasurer  an  annual  salary  of  one  hundred  dollars,  and 
the  amount  of  his  actual  travelling  expenses  to  and  from  the  place  of 
annual  meeting,  in  addition  to  his  salary. 
Resolved,  That  the  present  Section  II.  be  called  Section  III.,  and  the 
numbering  of  the  remaining  Sections  of  Article  III.  be  corrected  in  ac- 
cordance with  these  Amendments. 
Resolved,  That  Section  IV.  be  amended  by  substituting  after  the  words 
"  received  by  the  Association,"  the  words  "  and  shall  be  charged  with 
editing,  publishing  and  distributing  the  Proceedings  of  the  Association, 
under  the  direction  of  the  Executive  Committee,"  for  the  remainder  of 
this  Section.    The  Section  will  then  read  as  follows  : 
"  The  Recording  Secretary  shall  keep  fair  and  correct  minutes  of  the 
proceedings  of  the  meetings,  and  carefully  preserve  on  file  all  reports, 
essays  and  papers  of  every  description  received  by  the  Association,  and 
shall  be  charged  with  editing,  publishing  and  distributing  the  Proceed- 
ings of  the  Association,  under  the  direction  of  the  Executive  Committee." 
Resolved,  That  the  subject  of  this  Amendment  be  laid  over  for  action 
at  the  early  session  of  the  next  annual  meeting  of  the  Association,  so 
that,  if  adopted,  the  Nominating  Committee  may  act  in  accordance  with 
the  Amendment,  in  selecting  a  candidate  for  permanent  Secretary. 
The  Treasurer's  Report  was  now  read  by  Mr.  J.  F.  Moore,  in 
the  absence  of  the  Treasurer,  Mr.  J.  B.  Baxley. 
On  motion,  the  Report  was  accepted. 
