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CONSTITUTION AND Bt-LAWS OF THE CHILDRENS
AID SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE.

CONSTITUTION.

1. This Society shall be known by the name of the CHIL-
DREN'S AID SOCIETY of Baltimore.

2. Its object shall be to improve the condition of poor and
destitute children of this city, and especially by procuring
them homes in the country.

3. The affairs and business of the Society shall be man-
aged by thirty (30) Managers, who shall be chosen hereafter,
at such time and place as shall be designated for that pur-
pose in the By-Laws. The managers in office, at the time of
the formation of this Conititution, shall be Wm. B. Canfield,
Judge H. L. Bond, Dr. H. S. Hunt, Edw. M. Greenway, A.
G. P. Dodge, T. S. Rhett, Dr. J. C. Thomas, W. H. Stran,
E. Whitman, Jesse Tyson, R. S. Mathews, W. C. Palmer,
Edw. M. Keith, W. C. Hopkins, John W. Davis, Thomas
Creamer, J. Dean Smith, Wm. A. Wisong, T. D. Baird, A.
F. Crane, J. W. Selbey, W. H. Richardson, C. J. Baker, J.
R. Stillson, Chas. H. Mercer, Rev. I. P. Cook, M. N. Fornsy,
Gerard H. Reese, Dr. L. H. Steiner, Edward Otis Hinkley,
who shall serve for one year, and until others are appointed,
and shall from their own number appoint a President, Vice-
President, Recording Scretary, Corresponding Secretary and
Treasurer, who shall serve until others shall be chosen in
their stead.

4. Every person who shall have contributed within the year
to the funds of the Association, and not less than thirty days
preceding the annual election and whose whole contribution
shall have been entered upon the books, shall be considered a
member thereof, and shall be entitled to vote at such election
of Managers.

5. The Board of Managers shall have power to appoint
such other officers and agents as they may think proper, to
prescribe their duties and fix their compensation, and in gen-
eral to carry out the objects of the Society.

They shall also have power to fill vacancies in their num-
ber, occasioned by death, resignation, or otherwise, until the
next annual election occurring after such vacancy.

6. The Constitution may be altered or amended at any an-
nual meeting of the Society.

BY-LAWS.

1. Stated meetings of the Managers shall be held on the
first Tuesday of every month.