Every applicant for membership shall be recommended by two members of the Society before his application shall be considered by the Secretary-General, and the application shall be accompanied by the dues in the amounts laid down in the by-laws. Members will be elected as follows: Candidates may send their applications—for which blanks will be furnished—to the Secretary-General, accompanied by the fee as provided in the by-laws, and each application must be endorsed by two members of the Society. The Secretary-General shall submit the application to the executive council, and a three fourths vote of that body by ballot or otherwise will be necessary to elect the candidate. ARTICLE IV. CLASSES OF MEMBERS. The Society shall comprise life members and annual members, who shall pay dues as provided in the by-laws. The Society may also choose honorary and corresponding members, who shall be exempt from dues but shall not have the right to vote. ARTICLE V. OFFICERS. The officers of The Society shall consist of: 1. A President-General. 2. A Vice-President for each state and territory and for the District of Columbia. 3. A Secretary-General. 4. A Treasurer-General. 5. A Librarian and Archivist. 6. An Historiographer. 7. An Executive Council. (The word “General” herein to be considered equivalent to National.) The officers of the Society shall be elected annually. ARTICLE VI. THE PRESIDENT-GENERAL. The duties of the President-General shall be to open and preside over the Society during its deliberations, to see that the Constitution is observed and the by-laws enforced, to appoint committees, and to exercise a watchful care over the interests of the Society, that its work may be properly done and its purposes adhered to. In the absence of the President-General a presiding officer _pro tem._ may be chosen. ARTICLE VII. THE VICE-PRESIDENTS. It shall be the duty of the Vice-President of each state to represent the President-General at all meetings of state chapters of the Society and for the Vice-President of the state to which the President-General belongs, or in which the meeting is held, to represent him at all meetings of the parent Society when he cannot be present and in his absence to act as chairman _pro tempore_. In the absence of both the President-General and state Vice-President, a presiding officer _pro tem._ may be chosen from the assembled members of the Society. ARTICLE VIII. THE SECRETARY-GENERAL.