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FIFTEEN TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C¤.23. 1819. 219 of such clerks after their decease; and the funds thereof shall be applied agreeably to the provisions of this act, and for no other use or purpose whatever. 2d. Every such clerk shall, before he is considered a member of the Articles must association, sign the e articles. be ¤iE¤¤‘d· 3d. Every member shall pay, on or before the filth day of January, Quarterly April, July, and October, respectively, the sum of two dollars and fifty P°Ym°“‘°· cents. 4th. In addition to the payments mentioned in the preceding article, Extra paty. every member is at liberty to pay such further sums as he may think ¤¤°¤!¤*° °¤¤¤ proper, which payments shall form a separate and special fund, and, on °p€°’°1f°°d‘ the death of any member by whom such payments shall have been made, his family shall, in addition to the relief provided by other articles of the association, be entitled to an annuity or other benefit out of the special fund, proportionate to the amount of the payments made thereto by such member. 5th. Any member who shall omit to pay his quarterly subscription, Forfeit for newithin the time prescribed by the third article, shall forfeit and pay, for electing WJWY the benetit of the association, the sum of fifty cents, and the like sum °° q"""` °Y‘ for every quarter during which the said subscription shall remain unpaid. And if any member shall omit, for more than one year, to pay Membersomw the subscriptions required by these articles, together with such lines as ting to pay for he may have incurred, he shall thereby forfeit, both for himself and his Y¤0F° thm! ¤ _ family, all rights to any of the benefits of the association, together with {§°;ik$sf°g-it all the moneys which he may have previously paid, and shall cease to i be a member. 6th. Any member ceasing to be a clerk, or removing out of the Membership lzistrict of Columbia, shall not thereby he deprived of his member- Zgsgglgejgegobg S lp. I _ 7th. The officers of the association shall consist of a president, six cggizefscof the directors, a secretary, and treasurer, to be elected by ballot, at a gene- °¤¤°°l¤'j°¤· ral meeting of the association, on the last Saturday in March, annually: and they shall form a board, to be called the president and board of officers. In all elections for officers, the person having the greatest Election of number of votes shall be considered as elected; but when two or more omcers. persons have an equal number of votes, the balloting shall be repeated to fill the office or offices for which no choice shall have been made. If any vacancy shall occur among the olhcers, a general meeting shall vacancies_ be called to fill the same. 8th. It shall be the duty of the president to preside at all meetings of Du, of the the association, and of the board of officers. In the absence of the pre- presitlent. sident, his duties shall be performed by the director present, senior on the list. 9th. The secretary [shall] keep a journal of the proceedings of the 0;,;,,,, sw.,,, association, and of the president and board of officers; and he shall tary. perform such other duties as may be assigned to him, either by the association or by the president and board of officers. 10th. The treasurer shall receive pay all moneys of the associa- O; ,;,6 ,,8,. tion; he shall keep au account of its receipts and disbursements, and surer. shall lay before the association, at its annual meeting in the month of March, a general statement of all its moneyed transactions, as also a list of those members who are two quarters or upwards in arrear, which list and accounts shall be read and examined previously to the election of officers. 11th. The quarterly subscriptions, and all other moneys received on Money, to be account of the association, shall be paid to the treasurer, and shall be depositedin by him deposited, as soon as may be thereafter, in such bank as shall l’“"k· be fixed on by the president and board of officers; and shall, from time to time, be vested in the public stocks of the United States, or in loans