_Elections_. The officers and members of the standing committees shall be elected by written ballot. The President and First Vice-President shall be elected at the first business meeting in October, to serve for one year; the Second Vice-President and the Secretary-Treasurer shall be elected at the first business meeting in April, to serve for one year. Two members of each of the standing committees shall be elected at the first business meeting in October, to serve for one year; the two other members of each of the standing committees shall be elected at the first business meeting in April, to serve for one year. ART. IX _Amendment_. This Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds vote at any regular business meeting; but, no amendment shall be entertained unless it shall have been proposed in writing at the previous business meeting. By-laws may be altered, suspended, annulled or amended by the majority action of the members present at any meeting. BY-LAWS ART. I _Duties of President and Vice-Presidents_. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Club and of the Board of Governors, and perform such other duties as usually pertain to that office. The Vice-President, in the absence of the President, shall in his stead perform such duties. ART. II _Duties of Secretary-Treasurer_. The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep a record of all meetings of the Club and of the Board of Governors; issue notices to members of all special meetings, and perform such other duties as may be assigned him by the Constitution, by the Club, or by the Board of Governors. The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep the accounts of the Club; receive all moneys, fees, dues, etc.; pay all bills approved by the Board of Governors, and preserve all proper vouchers for such disbursements. He shall, at each regular meeting of the Board of Governors, make a statement of the financial condition of the Club; and shall, at the semi-annual meetings, submit a report, approved by the Board of Governors, of the financial transactions of the preceding fiscal half year. ART. III _Enforcement of Rules by the Board of Governors_. The Board of Governors shall have full power to expel or suspend any member whose conduct shall be pronounced, by a two-third vote of the members present at a meeting, to have endangered the welfare, interests or character of the Club. ART. IV _Liabilities_. The Board of Governors shall have no power to make the Club liable for any debts exceeding in total the amount of five dollars, unless authorized to do so by a recorded vote of a meeting of the Club. ART. V _Meetings of the Board of Governors_. The Board of Governors shall hold regular meetings on the last Saturday of each month. ART. VI _Non-Attendance at Governors’ Meetings_. A member of the Board of Governors who, without satisfactory explanation, shall fail to attend two consecutive meetings of that body, shall be deemed to have resigned. ART. VII