NBWTA Report 1903-011
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16 17 Section ii-—National Superintendents shall be nominated by ballot by the National Executive Committee, and elected by the Annual Council, the vote to be taken on each candidate separately. Section iii—General Officers, Superintendents of Departments, and ex-officio members shall vote in person. Tellers having been for Officers. of voting Section iv.—Method appointed by the meeting, a ballot for nomination shall be cast for The Members of the each officer, and announced to the Council. Council shall then proceed to vote by ballot for those who consent to stand, or, at the wish of the Council, the nomination ballot shall be declared to be the election ballot. XIL—DUTIES OF OFFICERS. Section i.—PRESIDENT.—It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all meetings of the Association, and also at the meetings In the unavoidable of the National Executive Committee. absence of the President, through illness or other causes, the Acting Vice-President shall take her place. President may, through the Honorary Recording Section ii—The meetings of the National Executive Secretary, call special Committee when she may deem it necessary, or in response to the written request of any seven Members of the National Execu- tive Committee, provided at least three days’ notice be given. The topics to be considered at the meeting shall be stated in the The Sub-Committee may be called at any time, with twenty- call, four hours’ notice. Section iii_—CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.—It shall be the duty of the Corresponding Secretary to superintend the correspondence of the organization, and to perform all duties usual to such an office. She shall send to each Local Secretary, at least two months before the Annual Meeting, a blank for the Report for the current year, from which she shall collate her own Report for the Annual Meeting. Section iv. -RECORDING S£CRETARY.—The Recording Secretary shall keep correct records of the Annual Council and of the National She shall see that each Member of the Executive Committee. Executive Committee receives a notice of such meetings, and shall apprise Members of Committees of their appointment, and shall see that the decisions of the Council and the Executive She shall prepare a tabulated report of the are carried out. National Executive Committee for presentation at the Annual Council, and shall include in this report a record of the number of meetings held by the Sub-Committee, and the attendances of each Member ; and shall perform all other duties usually pertaining to such office. Section v.—TREASURER.—The ‘Treasurer shall receive all monies and disburse the same on order of the President and Sub-Committee and shall keep an authorized account of the receipts and expendi. tures, and give a report of the same at the Annual Council. The financial year shall terminate on March 25th of each year, and the books shall then be audited. She shall give to the Corresponding Secretary the whole number of delegates to which each affiliated or local society is entitled according to the amount of fees paid, and shall perform all other duties usually pertaining to the office. XIII.—DUTIES OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE. EXECUTIVE Section i.—It shall be the province of the National Executive Committee to carry on the business of the Association under such regulations as may be prescribed by the Council, and otherwise at its discre- ton. The Committee must report its proceedings to the Council. Section i.—The National Executive Committee shall. meet six times a year, including the meetings immediately before and immediately after the National Council Meetings, and shall have the power to choose the time and place of such meetings. Twenty-five Members ‘shall form a quorum. Section ili.—In the interim of these meetings the business of the Asso- ciation shall be conducted by a Sub-Committee of the National Executive, consisting of the President, Acting Vice-President Hon. Secretaries and Treasurer, and the Hon. General Secretary of the Y’s, and eight or more members of the National Executive Committee to be chosen by that Committee. Seven Members shall form a quorum. The Sub-Committee shall report to the National Executive Committee at its Quarterly Meetings. The Sub-Committee shall appoint its own Office Secretary. ; XIV.—DEPARTMENTS OF WORK. The work of the Association shall be embraced under the following heads :— PREVENTIVE. EDUCATIONAL. EVANGELISTIC. SOCIAL. ORGANIZATION. LEGAL. POLITICAL. i These shall be divided and sub-divided into departmen ts, each of which shall be placed in charge of a Sr Ren anata “Tati The Executive Committee shall have power to create such depart- Ree a work pay these heads as they shall deem advisable for the strengthening of the Feeds aes Temperance Pp reform, subject ject to to t the ratification i i of arti ieti 1 shall be binding upon any y | local or affiliated No department societie of the Association, but shall be considered the National Executive Committee, advantageous to their local work. to as be a recommendation adopted only en if deemed B—2 |