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Section  5.  Every  local  Pharmaceutical  Association  shall  be  entitled  to 
five  delegates  in  the  annual  meetings,  who,  if  present,  beeome  members  of 
the  Association,  on  signing  the  Constitution,  without  being  ballotted  for. 
Section  6.  Pharmaceutists,  Chemists,  and  other  scientific  men  who  may 
be  thought  worthy  of  the  distinction,  may  be  elected  honorary  members 
upon  the  same  conditions,  and  under  the  same  rules  as  appertain  to 
active  members.  They  shall  not,  however,  be  required  to  contribute  to 
the  funds,  nor  shall  they  be  eligible  to  hold  office  or  to  vote  at  the 
meetings. 
Secteon.  7.  Members 'who  have  paid  their  annual  contribution  for  ten 
successive  years  shall  be  considered  life  members,  and  exempt  from  their 
yearly  payments  and  entitled  to  a  certificate  to  that  effect. 
Article  III. —  Of  the  Officers. 
Section  1.  The  officers  shall  be,  a  President,  two  or  more  Vice  Presidents, 
a  Recording  Secretary,  a  Corresponding  Secretary  and  a  Treasurer,  who 
shall  be  elected  annually,  and  shall  hold  office  until  an  election  of  suc- 
cessors. 
Section  2.  The  President  shall  preside  at  the  meetings  and  administer 
the  rules  of  order  usual  in  deliberative  assemblies.  He  shall  nominate  all 
special  committees,  except  a  majority  of  the  members  present  direct  a  re- 
sort to  balloting  or  other  means. 
He  shall  sign  the  certificates  of  membership,  approve  all  foreign  corres- 
pondence and  countersign  orders  on  the  Treasurer. 
He  shall  present  at  each  annual  meeting  a  report  of  the  operations 
of  the  Association  during  the  year,  with  such  information  pertaining  to 
its  condition  and  prospecls  and  the  objects  it  has  in  view,  together  with 
such  suggestions  for  its  future  management,  as  may  seem  to  him  proper. 
Section  3.  In  ease  of  the  temporary  absence  or  inability  of  the  President, 
his  duties  shall  devolve  oa  one  of  the  Vice-Presidents  in  the  order  of  their 
names. 
Section  4.  The  Recording  Secretary  shall  keep  fair  and  correct  minutes 
of  the  proceedings  of  the  meetings,  and  carefully  preserve  on  file  all  re- 
ports, essays  and  papers  of  every  description  received  by  the  Association, 
oopies  or  abstracts  of  which  shall  be  furnished  for  publication  as  may  be 
required. 
He  shall  furnish  the  chairman  of  every  special  committee  with  a  list  of 
Its  members  and  a  copy  of  the  minute  of  its  appointment,  and  shall  notify 
•every  member  of  the  time  and  place  of  each  annual  meeting.  He  shall  be 
a  member  of  the  Executive  Committee. 
Section  5.  The  Corresponding  Secretary  shall  conduct  all  correspondence 
directed  by  the  Association,  and  reply  to  all  communications  addressed  to 
it  in  its  reeess.  He  shall  from  time  to  time  address  local  associations, 
members  and  others  possessed  of  information  likely  to  be  of  interest  to  the 
Association,  and  report  such  correspondence  to  the  Committee  on  the  Pro- 
gress of  Pharmacy,  of  which  he  shall  be  a  member. 
