STANDING RULES OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS.
ADOPTED JANUARY 16, 1891.
1.—The President, Vice-Presidents and Secretaries of the Society shall hold like offices in the Board of Managers.
2.—The President shall have power to call special meetings of the Board of Managers and to appoint special committees. He shall, also, at the beginning of each year appoint a Standing Committee, of three persons, on Communications; a Standing Committee, of three persons, on Publications; and three delegates, of which he shall be chairman, to serve on the Joint Commission.
3.—The Treasurer shall receive all dues and other income of the Society; shall keep its accounts; and shall disburse its funds under the direction of the Board of Managers.
4.—One of the Secretaries shall act as the Secretary of the Board and the other as Secretary of the Society; and both Secretaries shall be excused from serving on committees.
5.—The Committee on Communications shall receive and consider all communications, and propositions relating to communications, designed for delivery before the Society, and shall prepare programmes for all meetings.
6.—The Committee on Publications shall have charge of the publications of the Society.
7.—At the beginning of each year the Secretary shall submit an estimate of the revenues of the Society for the current year, whereupon, the Board shall make itemized appropriations for the different classes of regular expenditures. All expenditures not included in these regular allotments must be specially authorized by the Board. Charges against the regular allotments will be paid by the Treasurer upon the certification of the officer or chairman of the committee incurring the expenditures.
8.—The names of proposed members, recommended in conformity with Article III of the By-Laws, may be presented at any meeting of the Board of Managers and shall lie over at least two weeks before final action.
9.—The order of business at the regular meetings of the Board of Managers shall be as follows:
a. Reading of minutes.
b. Communications from the President, Secretaries or Treasurer and action thereon.
c. Reports of committees and action thereon.
d. Election of members.
e. Nominations for membership.
f. Miscellaneous business.
10.—The order of business for each regular meeting of the Society shall be as follows:
a. Reading of the minutes of the last meeting.
b. Notice of the election of new members and other notices and correspondence of the Society.
c. The presentation of papers and their discussion.
11.—The order of business for the annual meeting shall be as follows:
a. The reading of the minutes of the last annual meeting.
b. The presentation of the annual reports of the Secretaries.
c. The presentation of the annual report of the Treasurer.
d. The selection of a committee to audit the accounts of the Treasurer.
e. The announcement of a posted list of the names of members who are entitled to vote for the election of officers.
f. The election of a President.
g. The election of five Vice-Presidents, in the order named in the By-Laws.
h. The election of a Treasurer.
i. The election of a Recording Secretary.
j. The election of a Corresponding Secretary.
k. The election of eight Managers.
l. Unfinished business.
m. The reading of the rough minutes of the meeting.
The election of officers shall be as follows:
In each case nominations shall be made by an informal ballot: the result of each informal ballot having been announced, the first formal ballot shall be taken. An informal ballot may be made formal by a majority vote. Each of the Vice-Presidents shall be elected to his position separately.
In the ballot for Managers, as many names may be written on the ballot as there are Managers to be elected, and those persons receiving a majority on each formal ballot shall be declared elected. If more than the number to be elected receive a majority, those receiving the greatest number of votes shall be declared chosen.
12.—It is not permitted to report the proceedings of the Society for publication, except by authority of the Board of Managers.
13.—These rules may be amended by a majority vote, notice having been given two weeks in advance.