ALBERT C. RITCHIE, GOVERNOR. 1135

SEC. 3. And be it enacted, That the annual meeting of
The Board of Managers, which Board shall be composed of
women alone, for the election of Officers shall be held on
the first Thursday of January in every year, or as soon
thereafter as practicable at any adjourned or called meet-
ing, and all officers who are elected annually shall remain
in office until their successors are duly elected.

SEC. 4. And be it enacted, That the officers of the So-
ciety to be elected annually shall be a President, Five Vice-
Presidents, if such a number shall be deemed advisable, a
treasurer, and one or more assistant treasurers, two re-
cording secretaries, two corresponding secretaries, and not
less than eight other managers, not exceeding in number
a total of thirty-six managers, who shall together be styled
the Board of Managers, and at the same meeting, there
shall be elected a Finance Committee of not more than ten
men. The members of this Committee shall not be Man-
agers, but shall be designated Trustees, and together with
the President and Treasurer of the Managers, ex officio,
shall constitute a Finance Committee, of which a Chairman
shall be elected by its members and the Chairman and two
other members shall constitute an Executive Committee.
The rights and duties of said Finance Committee are here-
inafter set forth.

The members of the Board of Managers, other than
members of the Finance Committee shall have no responsi-
bility for the investments or finances of the corporation.

SEC. 5. And be it enacted, That the superintendence
and regulation and management of all the buildings in
which the operations of the Society shall be carried on, and
the care and government of all inmates therein shall be
vested in the managers and such agents, committees, and
other officers as they may from time to time appoint, and
under by-laws, rules and regulations as said managers shall
from time to time adopt, and provided further, that all by-
laws and regulations of the present Board of Managers
shall remain in force until hereafter changed in such man-
ner as may be deemed expedient.

SEC. 6. And be it enacted, That the present trustees
shall continue in office until their successors are elected;
that hereafter, the Board of Managers shall select a Trust
Company to act as one of the Assistant Treasurers of
the Society, which company, through its officers, agents,