The officers of this association shall be a President, three Vice
Presidents, a Recording Secretary, a Corresponding Secretary, a
Treasurer, and an Executive Committee of three, which may include any
of the members except the President, all of whom shall be elected
annually.
_Article_ I. The President shall preside at the meetings and preserve
order. He shall nominate all committees, except a majority of the
members present direct a resort to balloting or other means. He
shall sign all certificates of membership, approve of all foreign
correspondence, and countersign all orders on the Treasurer drawn by
the Executive Committee. And he shall, at least three months previously
to the annual meeting publish a call in all the pharmaceutical and in
such medical and other Journals as he may select, stating therein the
objects of the Association, and the conditions of membership.
_Article_ II. In case of the temporary absence, or inability of the
President, his duties shall devolve on one of the Vice Presidents.
_Article_ III. The Recording Secretary shall keep fair and correct
minutes of the proceedings of the Association. He shall keep a roll
book of the members, and see that it is corrected annually, and he
shall furnish to the Executive Committee a correct transcript of the
minutes of the meeting for publication in the Transactions of the
Association.
_Article_ IV. The Corresponding Secretary shall attend to the official
correspondence directed by the association with other bodies, or with
its members, all of which correspondence shall be approved by the
President. {377}
_Article_ V. The Treasurer shall receive and take care of the funds
of the Association; shall pay its money only on the order of the
Executive Committee, countersigned by the President; and shall present
a statement of his accounts annually that they may be audited.
_Article_ VI. The Executive Committee shall take charge of the
publication of the proceedings of the Association, including such
papers on scientific subjects as it may direct to be published; attend
to their distribution; pay the expenses incurred on behalf of the
Association at its meetings or in the interim, and report a statement
of their transactions to the next meeting.