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A R T IC L E III
Sec. 1. O F F IC E R S. The officers
o f this organization shall consist of
a President, First Vice President,
Second Vice President, Third V ice
President, R ecording Secretary, F i
nancial Secretary and Treasurer, who
shall be and shall constitute the
Board o f Directors consisting of
seven.
Sec. 2. The terms o f office o f all
directors shall expire at the first
regular meeting o f the Board o f Di
rectors after the annual meeting.
The annual meeting shall be desig
nated in the by-laws o f this associa
tion. The officers shall be elected by
a ballot and their election as such
officers shall also constitute their
election as director and they shall
hold their respective offices fo r one
year from and after their installation
in dffice or until their respective suc
cessors are duly elected and qualified.
Sec. 3. In case a vacancy arises
in any official position, the same shall
be filled by the m ajority vote o f the
remaining directors at a regular
meeting o f such Board as at a spe
cial meeting called fo r that purpose,
which special meeting may be called
by the President. A ny person or
persons so elected shall hold such
office until the next installation o f
officers or until his or their succes
sors shall be duly elected and quali
fied.
Sec. 4. Directors shall constitute
the executive committee and no per
son shall be an officer without being
a director and vice versa.
A R T IC L E IV
Convention
Sec. 1. The annual meeting shall
be and hereby is denominated as a
convention and this association shall
by by-law designate the manner and
method o f calling and arranging and
providing fo r the first annual conven
tion and thereafter each successive
convention may and shall by a ma
jority vote determine the place and
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the exact time when the succeeding
convention shall be held.
A R T IC L E V
Powers o f the Association
Sec. 1. This association shall have
original and appellate jurisdiction in
all matters pertaining to the general
welfare o f this association. It may
entertain and
determine
charges
against any o f its members, or mem
bers o f associate or subordinate or
branch bodies, which may be char
tered to operate, by this association
and which may be brought to it on
appeals from such associate, subordi
nate or branch bodies or from the
action o f any state convention and
the decision o f this association shall
be final. It shall issue and may re
voke charters to associate, subordi
nate or branch bodies in any state in
the union. It shall have the power
to enact laws fo r its own government
and the government o f the State
conventions and other subordinate,
associate or branch bodies and fo r
the control and management o f the
business o f this association generally,
and to provide penalties fo r the vio
lation thereof. It shall have power
to prescribe the rights, privileges,
and duties and responsibilities o f it
self, its state conventions and its
other subordinate, associate or branch
bodies and the membership o f this
association and to finally determine
the same. It shall prepare and pub
lish its constitution and by-laws. It
shall have power to provide fo r the
levy o f assessments, premiums dues
and taxes on these members neces
sary to pay and defray all the claims
and expenses o f management. It
shall zealously guard the rights o f
the membership branches, subordi
nate, associate bodies and state con
ventions against unlawful encroach
ment thereon and against unlawful
encroachment on the business in
which its membership is engaged in
(which is that o f operating coin con
trolled devices) on the part o f any
person, firm, corporation, body po
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