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CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE CHILDREN'S
AID SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE.
CONSTITUTION.
1. This Society shall be known by the name of the CHIL-
DREN'L, 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 plaee as shall be designated for that pur-
pose in the by-laws. The managers in office, at the time of
the formation ef this Constitution, shall be Wm. B. Can-
field, Judge H. L. Bond, Dr. H. S. Hunt, Edward M. Green-
way, A. G. P. Dodge, T. S. Rhett, Dr. J. C. Thomas, W.
H. Stran, E. Whitman, Jesse Tyson, R. S. Mathews, W. C.
Palmer, Edward M. Keith, W. C. Hopkins, John W. Davis,
Thomas Creamer, J. Dean Smith, William A. Wisong, T.
D. Baird, A. F. Crane, J. W. Selby, W. H. Richardson, C.
J. Baker, J. R, Stillson, Charles H. Mercer, Rev. I. P. Cook,
M. N. Forney, 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 SecretaryJ Correspond-
ing 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 iunds of the association, and not less than thirty
days preceding the annual election and whose whole contri-
bution shall have been entered upon the books, shall be con-
sidered a member thereof, and shall be entitled to voteat such
election of Managers.
5. The Board of Managers shall have power to appoint
such other officers and agent 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.
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