election of officers at such meeting, and canvass the ballots there cast and report the result thereof at such meeting.

Section 2. Any twenty or more members of the Association may, in writing, nominate a candidate, or candidates, for each, or for any, of the offices including the Board of Governors, of the Association. Such written nominations shall be filed with, and received by, the Secretary of the Association, at least thirty days preceding the first day of the annual meeting. In case no nomination shall be made for office, or if a vacancy shall occur by reason of death, refusal or otherwise, in any nomination made as above, not less than ten days before the first day of the meeting, then the Board of Governors shall nominate such officer to fill such vacancy. The names of all persons so nominated shall be arranged under the title of the offices to be filled, alphabetically for the first five hundred ballots printed, the first name on the list being then placed at the bottom of such list for printing the second five hundred ballots, repeating this process for each succeeding five hundred ballots, rotating the names of the respective candidates in alphabetical succession at the head of the ballot. The Secretary shall cause such list to be printed in the form of the Australian ballot, and the same shall be voted in like manner and shall be the official ballot. At least ten days before the annual meeting, the Secretary shall mail to each member a copy of the official ballot, and no other ballot shall be received or counted. There shall be mailed at the same time to each member of the Association an envelope, properly addressed to the Tellers of the Election; and also an envelope marked "For Ballot Only."

Section 3. Each member upon marking his ballot shall enclose the same in the envelope marked "For Ballot Only," and seal the same and write his signature upon a slip of paper and enclose both signature and sealed envelope containing his ballot in said envelope addressed to said Tellers of Election, and mail the same to said Tellers. When received and opened, the envelope marked "For Ballot Only" shall be placed in a box securely locked and there kept until the same is opened by said Tellers of Election for the purpose of counting the votes; and the name of the person voting, whose name is written on such slip of paper and enclosed with said ballot, shall be checked off on the roll of members, and no ballot shall be counted unless accompanied by said slip containing the signature of the member voting the same, and no ballot shall be counted by said Tellers unless received before five o'clock p. m. of the first day of the annual meeting of the Association. In marking ballots, members of the Association shall place a cross opposite the name of each candidate for whom they desire to vote. Immediately after the hour of five o'clock on the first day of the annual meeting of the Association, said Tellers of Election shall. begin the canvass of the vote, and the Tellers shall also report to the annual meeting of the Association the names of all candidates voted for at such election, together with a statement of the number of votes received

by each.

A plurality of the votes cast at any such election shall elect. Should any office fail to be filled by the election herein provided for, the same shall be filled by the members present at such meeting. No member shall be allowed to vote who is in arrears to the Association for his annual dues.

ARTICLE XVI.

QUORUM.

The Association shall convene at the place and hour indicated in the notice therefor. The presence of twenty-five members shall constitute a quorum.

Vacancies created by the death, removal from the state or inexcusable neglect of duty of the incumbent shall be filled as follows:

In the case of president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, or member of Board of Governors, such vacancy shall be filled by the Board of Governors, but only a vice-president shall be appointed to the office of president.

In case of a vacancy of chairman of a committee, or other member thereof, such vacancy shall be filled by the president.

ARTICLE XIX.

AMENDMENTS.

Section 1. The Articles of Association may be changed or amended by a majority vote of the members present at any annual or special meeting of the Association, provided notice of such proposed change or alteration shall be given in writing to each member of the Association in the call for such meeting.

Section 2. The By-Laws may be amended at any meeting of the Board of Governors provided thirty days previous notice of such amendment shall be given in writing to each member of the Board of Governors.