ARTICLE XV.
Amendments.
Amendments to the Constitution shall be submitted to the Executive Council through the Secretary-General at least thirty days before the meeting of the Society. A vote of two thirds of the members present at the meeting shall be necessary for the adoption of such amendments.
BY-LAWS.
(1) The initiation fee shall be three dollars. The annual membership fee shall be three dollars, payable not later than the first day of February in each year.[[1]]
(2) Payment of fifty dollars in advance at one time shall constitute a life membership. Life members shall be exempt from further dues.
(3) The Executive Council shall provide for each regular meeting of the Society an address, essay or paper dealing with some topic in the Society’s line of work.
(4) A copy of all original productions read before the Society shall be requested for deposit in the Society’s archives.
(5) The annual field-day program shall include an oration, poem and dinner. Other features of an appropriate nature may be added.
(6) A fraternal spirit shall be cultivated with other American historical bodies. The Society shall also keep in touch with historical organizations in Ireland, France and other countries.
(7) Any person elected to membership in this Society who fails to pay his initiation fee within one year from the date of his election shall, having been duly notified by the Secretary-General, be considered as having forfeited his right to membership and his election shall be cancelled.