been duly chosen. The term of office of the two Directors shall be two years, beginning with the first day of January immediately following the annual meeting, or until their successors shall have been duly chosen.

SEC. 6. In case of absence, death, or inability of the President to perform the duties of his office, his position shall be temporarily filled by one of the VicePresidents, the order of precedence being that of the dates of admission of the Vice-Presidents to membership in the Society.

SEC. 7. Any vacancies in office shall be filled by vote of the Council for the unexpired term of said office as soon as practicable after the vacancy occurs.

SEC. 8. The President and the Councilors elected by the Society at large shall be ineligible to election for a third consecutive term.

ARTICLE V.

DUTIES OF OFFICERS.

SECTION 1. The duties of the President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, and the Librarian shall be such as usually pertain to the offices they hold, and also any other duties that may be enumerated in any part of the Constitution or By-Laws of the Society or which may be properly prescribed by the Council. The Librarian shall act as Curator of all scientific or general collections, as well as books, periodicals, etc., belonging to the Society.

SEC. 2. The Directors shall be the legal representatives of the Society, and as such, under the general direction of the Council, and in conformity with the statutes of the State of New York, shall have, hold, and administer, all the property of the Society in trust for its Their meetings shall be held at the call of the President of the Society,

uses.

The Presi or of any three Directors. dent and Secretary shall be ex-officiis Directors, and the other four Directors shall be chosen by the Council from among their own number-two each year-in conformity with the provisions of Article IV, Section 5.

SEC. 3. With the exception of the President, the Directors, the Secretary and the Editor, no officer shall be i member of the Council. But in case any one of these officers be designated to discharge the duties of any other office, as provided in Article V, Section 4, such action shall not invalidate his seat in the Council.

SEC. 4. Incumbency of one office shall not render anyone ineligible t another, save as is provided in Section 3

of this Article.

SEC. 5. The Council shall act as a governing body in every matter per taining to the general management of policy of the Society, and shall also perform any other duties which may be prescribed by the Constitution or the By-Laws.

ARTICLE VI.

COMMITTEES.

SECTION I. There shall be three standing Committees of the Society, known respectively as the Finance Committee, the Committee on Membership, and the Committee on Papers and Publications. Each of these Committees shall consist of three members, all of whom shall be appointed by the Council as soon after the annual meeting each year as is practicable. The Council may increase or vary the number of the Committee on Papers and Publications as conditions may demand. All members of these Committees shall serve one year beginning with the first day of January immediately following

he annual meeting, or until their sucessors shall have been duly chosen. Additional Committees may be apointed at any time by the President on uthority given him by the Council or he Society.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the inance Committee to audit and aprove all bills before they shall be paid y the Treasurer. It shall also audit he accounts of the Treasurer at the lose of his term of office, and report pon the same to the Council and the Diectors, and it may at its discretion reort to the Council and the Directors ny plans or suggestions for improving he financial condition of the Society. SEC. 3. The Committee on Member

hip shall examine into the qualificaions of all applicants for membership ominated in due form, and shall reort favorably to the Secretary all those vhose applications it may approve, and he Secretary shall submit the names so eported to the Council for its action.

SEC. 4. The Committee on Papers nd Publications, of which the Editor hall be a member and Chairman, shall Lave charge of all the Society's publiations, and its decision shall be final with reference to the publication of any

natter.

ARTICLE VII.

JOURNAL.

Special meetings may be appointed by the Council at its discretion.

At any meeting of the Society, twenty members shall constitute a quorum.

The time and place of each meeting shall be fixed by the Council but not more than one year in advance; and notice of the same shall be sent by the Secretary to each member of the Society at least three weeks previous to the date of said meeting.

ARTICLE IX.

LOCAL SECTIONS.

Local Sections of the Society may be established by the Council on receipt of by twenty members of the Society, rea written request to that effect signed siding in the territory within which the Local Section is desired.

Such Sections shall appoint their own officers and committees, and may make any rules for their government not inconsistent with the Constitution and

By-Laws of the Society. They may receive for local uses a share of their annual dues to the Society, as provided in Article X, Section I.

Each Local Section must select some place as headquarters and a definite territory to be specially benefitted by said Local Section and within which its membership must reside, both headquarters and territory to be subject to

A Journal, published by the Society, the approval of the Council. The meet

hall be distributed to all Members and Associates not in arrears.

ARTICLE VIII.

MEETINGS.

ings of any Local Section may be held at any place within its jurisdiction, as may be appointed. All Local Sections hereafter established must have at least twenty members of the Society in good

There shall be two general meetings standing. of the Society each year. The winter meeting shall be considered the annual meeting.

The presiding officer of each Local Section shall be a Vice-President of the Society, ex-officio.

Any Local Section may be dissolved Local Section, and may expend or in by the Council for good and sufficient vest the same in the interests of sait Local Section at the discretion of it governing body.

reasons.

ARTICLE X.

FINANCES.

SEC. 4. Any Local Section may rais or collect funds to be expended for loca purposes, and may have the entire man agement and control of said funds in s far as said management and control shal not conflict with any provision of the Constitution or By-Laws, or with the Charter of the Society.

pose.

SEC. 6. The Council shall determin the salaries, if any, which shall be paid to the Editor and the Secretary.

SECTION 1. Each Local Section may receive during any year from the Treasurer of the Society not more than onethird of the dues paid to the Society during that year by the members of said Local Section. The Treasurer of said Local Section shall forward to the SEC. 5. All dues to the Society shal Treasurer of the Society his application be collected by such officer or officers a for said sum, endorsed by the presiding the Council may appoint for that pur officer of the Section, and upon receipt of such application the Treasurer of the Society shall pay said sum to the Treasurer of said Local Section. Said sums may be used by said Local Sections only in the payment of necessary operating expenses incurred by the Section, such as printing, stationery, postage, rent and care of room, fuel, light, etc. Any excess above the necessary expenses of the Local Section for any year shall be returned to the Treasurer of the Society within two months from the close of said year, under penalty of a forfeiture of all money which would be payable to said Local Section in the year following.

SEC. 2. All funds received for life membership shall be invested as soon as possible and shall constitute a trust fund to be known as the "Life Membership Fund," which shall be held in perpetuity to guarantee the future interests of such life members. The interest of such fund not required for the above-named purposes shall be set aside as a "Research Fund," from which appropriations may be made annually by the Council, but only for the purposes of chemical research.

SEC. 3. Any Local Section may receive donations or bequests made to said

ARTICLE XI.

BY-LAWS.

The Council shall make such By-Laws not in conflict with this Constitution, as may be necessary for the proper government of the Society.

ARTICLE XII.

AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION.

Any proposed amendment or amendments to the Constitution may be presented in writing to the Council by any five members thereof, or by at least twenty-five members of the Society.

Said amendment or amendments shall be considered by a committee of the Council, appointed by the President, which committee shall report within three months to the Council, with any suggestions it may deem best. If the report is favorable and without alterations of the original draft, the Council shall present said amendment or amendments to the Society for acceptance or rejection; if unfavorable, or if altera

6. For all meetings of the Board of Directors, whenever practicable, notice shall be given by the Secretary to the members of said Board at least one week previous to the date of said meeting. and the business which is to be presented shall be stated on the notice.

definite form in writing, by correspond- scribed by it, to subcommittees consist ence or otherwise. All business thus ing of members of the Council residing submitted to the Council shall be sent in the same or contiguous localities to each member thereof by the Secre- and the acts of said committees of the tary, without unnecessary delay. Each Council within the jurisdiction allowed Councilor may withhold his approval to them shall be accepted as the acts of or disapproval of the proposed action the Council itself. for a period of two weeks after its reception from the Secretary, within which time the Councilors are at liberty to consult with one another on the matter under consideration, and to change their votes if already given. At the end of three weeks from the time of laying the matter before the Council, the Secretary shall transmit to the President a correct statement of the vote of the Councilors; and the President shall thereupon direct the Secretary to enter the vote on the minutes of the Council according to the expressed wish of the majority of the Councilors; provided, however, that in the case of the names of the candidates presented for election as members or associates, the vote may be announced after ten days from the date of submitting the names to the Council, if in the meantime the Secretary has received no objection to the election of said candidates.

In each and every instance in which a question may be submitted to the Council for action by correspondence, the approval of a majority of all the members of the Council shall be required for the adoption of the proposed action.

7. If any member who is already a Councilor or Director shall be elected to an office which makes him ex-officio a Councilor or Director, the acceptance of such office shall be considered to involve the resignation of his former position as Councilor or Director, and the position thus vacated shall be filled in the manner prescribed by the Constitution.

8. No person shall become a member of any Local Section who is not a member of the American Chemical Society: but local sections may have local associate members, who shall be entitled to all the privileges of membership in the local section, save that of voting for officers; provided that such local associate members shall not be entitled to any of the privileges of the American Chemical Society, and shall pay such local dues, of not less than two dollars ($2.00 per annum, as the Local Section may require.

4. The President of the Society shall call a regular meeting of the Council at 9. Each Local Section shall transmit some convenient time in connection to the Secretary of the Society the with each general meeting of the Soci- names of all its officers and standing ety. In any regular session of the Council ten members shall constitute a quorum.

5. In order to facilitate the business of the Council, it may delegate its authority, within definite limits, to be pre

committees within three weeks of their election or appointment; and, in like manner, shall notify the Secretary of any change of officers or standing committees during the year.

10. So far as practicable each Local