CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS I5I 
Sec. 6. Patrons: Any person contributing at any one time one 
hundred dollars ($100) to the general funds of the Institute, or 
other property to the value of not less than two hundred dollars 
($200), provided such property be accepted by the Board of 
Trustees, shall be a patron, and on election by the Board of: Trus- 
tees shall enjoy all the privileges of life membership. Any active 
or life member may, upon making such contribution of money or 
other property, become a patron without thereby forfeiting any of 
the privileges of such membership. 
Ive OD RICERS 
Sec. 1. President: It shall be the duty of the president to pre- 
side at all meetings of the Board of Trustees and of the Institute 
and to exercise the customary duties of a presiding officer. 
Sec. 2. Vice Presidents: It shall be the duty of the first vice 
president to act as the presiding officer in the absence of the presi- 
dent and to exercise the functions of the office of president at such 
times as the president may be unable to act. In case of absence or 
inability to act of the president or first vice president the duties 
of the president shall be discharged by the second vice president. 
Sec. 3. Secretary: It shall be the duty of the secretary to call 
any meeting to order at which the president and vice presidents are 
absent, to keep the minutes of all meetings of the Institute and of 
the Board of Trustees, and a corrected list of the names and last 
known addresses of all the members and patrons of the Institute. 
He shall notify the trustees of their election to office, and all mem- 
bers and patrons of their election, suspension, and expulsion, and 
‘all committees of their appointment. He shall send all notices of 
meetings to members entitled to receive the same and conduct all 
official correspondence with them, except such as may pertain to 
the office of treasurer. He shall have charge of the official records 
of the Institute, and also of its corporate seal, which he shall affix 
and attest as directed by the Board of Trustees. He shall render 
a report at the annual meeting which shall include the number of 
