The Acting Committee shall consist of the officers of the Society,
_ex-officio_, and thirty-eight other members. They shall visit the
prison at least twice a month, inquire into the circumstances of the
prisoners, and report such abuses as they shall discover, to the proper
officers appointed to remedy them. They shall examine the influence of
confinement on the morals of the prisoners. They shall keep regular
minutes of their proceedings, which shall he submitted at every stated
meeting of the Society; and shall be authorized to fill vacancies
occurring in their own body. They shall also have the sole power of
electing new members.