CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I. This association shall be called "The Vermont Historical Society," and shall consist of Active, Corresponding and Honorary Members. ARTICLE II. The object of the Society shall be to discover, collect and preserve whatever relates to the material, agricultural, industrial, civil, political, literary, ecclesiastical and military history of the State of Vermont. ARTICLE III. The officers of the Society, who shall constitute its Board of Managers, to be elected annually and by ballot, shall be a President, three Vice-Presidents, a Recording Secretary, two Corresponding Secretaries of foreign and domestic correspondence, a Librarian and a Cabinet-Keeper, a Treasurer, and a Curator from each county in this State. ARTICLE IV. There shall be one annual, and occasional meetings of the Society. The annual meetings for the election of officers shall be at Montpelier on Tuesday preceding the third Wednesday of January; the special meetings shall be at such time and place as the Board of Managers shall determine. ARTICLE V. All members (Honorary and Corresponding members excepted), shall pay, on admission, the sum of two dollars 7 and an additional sum of one dollar annually; however upon the payment of fifty dollars, any member may become a life member of this Society without admission fees or annual dues. ARTICLE VI. Members shall be elected upon the recommendation of any member of the Society. ARTICLE VII. This Constitution and the By-Laws may be altered or amended at the annual meeting by a vote of two-thirds of the members present, provided notice of the proposed change shall have been given at the next preceding annual meeting. |