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tion. Such Trustees shall have the right to elect their successors,
of whom the President of the College shall always be one, under
terms and conditions prescribed herein, and in such By-Laws
as may be adopted by said corporation, not in conflict with the
provisions of this Act. The term of the Trustees so elected
'shall be three years, except that in the case of a vacancy caused
by the death, resignation or removal of a Trustee before the ex-
piration of the term for which he or she was elected the Trus-
tee elected to fill said vacancy shall hold membership only for
the balance of the said term, provided that if the place vacated
is that of a Trustee elected from a list furnished by an Annual
Conference or the General Alumnae Association, as herein-
after provided, said vacancy shall be filled from a list of nomina-
tions furnished by said Annual Conference at its next session
or said General Alumnae Association at its next meeting. All
Trustees shall be eligible for re-election at the expiration of
their respective terms. They shall hold office until their suc-
cessors have been duly chosen and have accepted the trust.
Said Trustees shall be the ultimate source of authority in all
matters pertaining to the College, and may act through the
President of the College, and other officers and agents, and
through such Standing Committees as shall be named, fixed and
their powers and functions be described in the By-Laws.

SEC. 4. Of the aforementioned thirty-three Trustees, four
thereof, only two of which four may be clergymen, shall be
elected from a list of nominations which the Baltimore Confer-
ence of the Methodist Episcopal Church in annual session may
furnish; two thereof, only one of whom may be a clergyman,
shall be elected from a list of nominations which the Central
Pennsylvania Conference in annual session may furnish; two
thereof, only one of whom may be a clergyman, shall be elected
from a list of nominations which the Philadelphia Conference
in annual session may furnish; one thereof, a layman or a
clergyman, shall be elected from a list of nominations which the
Wilmington Conference in annual session may furnish; one
thereof, a layman or a clergyman, shall be elected from a list
of nominations which the New York Conference in annual ses-
sion may furnish; one thereof, a layman or a clergyman, shall
be elected from a list of nominations which the New York East
Conference in annual session may furnish; and three thereof
shall be elected from a list of nominations which the General
Alumnae Association of Goucher College in annual meeting may
furnish; provided, however, that if said Annual Conferences,
or any of them, or said General Alumnae Association shall at any