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the  votes  of  at  least  five  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  shall 
be  published  in  the  medical  and  pharmaceutical  journals  at  least  three 
months  before  the  decennial  meeting  of  the  United  States  Phar- 
macopceial  Convention,  when,  upon  receiving  the  votes  of  at  least 
three-fourths  of  the  members  present  and  voting,  it  shall  become  a 
part  of  this  Constitution. 
BY-LAWS. 
Chapter  I. — Of  the  President  and  Vice-Presidents. 
Article  I.  The  President  shall  preside  at  all  meetings  of 
the  United  States  Pharmacopceial  Convention  until  his  successor 
shall  have  been  elected.  In  the  event  of  his  absence  or  inability  to 
serve,  one  of  the  Vice-Presidents,  or  in  the  absence  of  all,  a 
President  pro  tempore,  to  be  elected  by  the  Board  of  Trustees,  shall 
perform  the  duties  of  the  President. 
Article  II.  In  the  absence  of  the  Secretary  and  Assistant 
Secretary,  the  President  shall  appoint  a  Secretary  pro  tempore. 
Article  III.  At  each  session  of  every  meeting  the  President 
shall  take  the  chair  at  the  proper  time,  announce  all  business, 
receive  all  motions,  resolutions,  reports,  and  communications,  and 
order  the  vote  upon  all  proper  questions. 
Article  IV.  In  all  balloting,  and  on  questions  upon  which  the 
ayes  and  nays  are  required,  the  President  is  required  to  vote,  but 
his  name  shall  be  called  last ;  in  other  cases  he  shall  not  vote  unless 
the  members  be  equally  divided,  or  unless  his  vote,  if  given  to  the 
minority,  will  make  the  decision  equal ;  and  in  case  of  such  equal 
division  the  motion  is  lost. 
Article  V.  He  shall  enforce  order;  it  is  his  duty  to  hear 
all  that  is  spoken  in  debate,  and  in  case  of  personality  and  im- 
propriety he  shall  promptly  call  the  speaker  to  order.  He  shall 
decide  all  questions  of  order,  subject  to  the  right  of  appeal,  unless 
he  should  prefer  to  submit  the  matter  to  the  meeting;  decide 
promptly  who  is  to  speak  when  two  or  more  members  rise  at  the 
same  moment,  and  be  careful  to  see  that  business  is  brought  forward 
in  the  proper  order. 
Article  VI.  He  shall  have  a  right  to  call  a  member  to  the 
chair  in  order  that  he  may  take  the  floor  in  debate.  He  shall  see 
that  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws  are  properly  enforced. 
Article  VII.    He  shall  appoint  all  committees  not  otherwise 
