ARTICLE XXIV.

CHARITIES.

If in the judgment of the Board of Directors they are in need of it, the widow or children of any deceased member shall receive from the funds of the Society a sum equal to five times the amount such deceased member has paid to the Society; such sum to be paid in equal annual payments for five successive years after the decease of such member. The same annuity shall not be paid to any such widow after she shall have married again, but shall be paid to such of the children as are not able to earn their subsistence.

ARTICLE XXV.

RESIGNATIONS.

All resignations of membership in the Society shall be in writing and shall be delivered to the Recording Secretary.

ARTICLE XXVI.

AMENDMENTS TO BY-LAWS.

The By-Laws of the Society may be altered and amended by vote of twothirds of all the Directors, provided that a written notice of such proposed alteration and amendment shall have been presented at a meeting of the Board, held one month or more previous to the adoption thereof.

ANNUAL RECEPTIONS.

Resolutions adopted at a meeting of the Board of Directors, held February 4, 1886. Amended January, 1891.

There shall be an annual reception on a day named by the committee, not earlier than February nor later than May, in each year. A special committee, consisting of two members, in addition to the President, who shall be ex-officio a member thereof, shall take charge of such reception, at which refreshments shall be served, and such number of guests may be invited by each member as shall be determined by the committee.

Elected.