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of Directors for a term of four years, and the President of the Association, who shall be 
» member ex officio during his term of office. At the election of the Trustees in 1886, 
one Trustee shall be elected for one year, one for two years, one for three years, and 
one for four years, and annually thereafter, at the first meeting of the Board of Directors 
held prior to the annual meeting of the Association, one Trustee shall be elected for 
the term of four years. All vacancies occurring in said Board of Trustees, whether by 
resignation or otherwise, shall be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired 
erm ; and the absence of a Trustee from two consecutive annual meetings of the Board 
shall forfeit his membership therein. The Board of Trustees thus elected and consti- 
suted shall be the executive financial officers of this Association, as a body corporate, as 
conferred by the certificate of incorporation under the provisions of the Act of General 
[ncorporation, Class Third, of the Revised Statutes of the District of Columbia, dated 
the twenty-fourth day of February, 1886, at Washington, D. C., and recorded in Liber 
No. 4, * Acts of Incorporation for the District of Columbia.” 
Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees to provide for safe keeping 
and investment of all funds which the Association may receive from life-directorships, 
or from donations ; and the income of such invested funds shall be used exclusively in 
paying the cost of publishing the annual volume of Proceedings of the Association, 
excepting when donors shall specify otherwise. It shall also be the duty of the Board 
co issue orders on the Treasurer for the payment of all bills approved by the Board of 
Directors, or by the President and Secretary of the Association acting under the authority 
of the Board of Directors ; and, when practicable, the Trustees shall invest all surplus 
funds exceeding one hundred dollars, that may remain in the hands of the Treasurer 
after paying the expenses of the Association for the previous year. 
ARTICLE V.—MEETINGS. 
SECTION 1. The Annual Meeting of the Association shall be held at such time and 
olace as shall be determined by the Board of Directors. . 
SEC. 2. Special meetings may be called by the President at the request of five 
Directors. 
Sec. 8. Any department of the Association may hold a special meeting at such time 
and place as by its own regulations it shall appoint. 
Sec. 4. The Board of Directors shall hold their regular meetings at the place, and 
10t less than two hours before the assembling, of the Association. 
Sec. 5. Special meetings may be held at such other times and places as the Board 
or the President shall determine. 
Sec. 6. Each new Board shall organize at the session of its election. At its first 
neeting a Committee on Publication shall be appointed, which shall consist of the 
President and the Secretary of the Association for the previous year, and one member 
rom each department. 
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ARTICLE VIL—BY-LAWS 
By-laws not inconsistent with this Constitution, may be adopted by a two-thirds vote 
Of the Association. 
ARTICLE VIIL.-AMENDMENTS. 
This Constitution may be altered or amended at a regular meeting by the unanimous 
vote of the members present, or by a two-thirds vote of the members present, provided 
hat the alteration or amendment has been substantially proposed in writing at a pre- 
7ious meeting.