XXVI. The _Executive Committee_ shall meet on the third Wednesday of
April, July, October, and January. At the first or annual meeting the
Committees and the Orator shall be appointed for the ensuing year.
At the meetings of the Executive Committee, five persons shall
constitute a quorum. A special meeting of the Executive Committee
shall be called by the President, on the written application of three
of its members.
XXIII. All proposals for alteration of the By-Laws shall be
presented to the Society in writing, and shall be refereed, without
debate, to a special Committee, who shall consider and report on the
same at the next annual meeting of the Society.