CONSTITUTION.

Adopted April 19, 1887.

ARTICLE I.

This Club shall be perpetual.

ARTICLE II.

This Constitution may be altered or amended by a twothirds vote of the members present at two successive regular meetings; provided, however, that this article shall not apply to, or authorize any amendment, alteration, or repeal of Article I.

BY-LAWS.

I.

NAME.

This Club is incorporated for social purposes, and its corporate name is the HARVARD Club of New York City.

II.

OFFICERS.

The officers of the Club shall be a President, a VicePresident, a Secretary and a Treasurer. They shall be ex-officio members of the Board of Managers, and shall hold like offices in that Board. They shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting of the Club in each year, and shall hold office for one year thereafter and until their successors are elected.

III.

PRESIDENT.

The President, and in his absence the Vice-President, shall preside at the meetings of the Club and of the Board of Managers. In the event of their absence, a meeting of

the Club or of the Board of Managers may elect its presid ing officers. The President shall, with the Secretary, sign all written contracts and obligations of the Club, and shall perform such other duties as the Board of Managers or the Club may assign him.

IV.

TREASURER.

The Treasurer shall collect all entrance fees and all dues and shall keep the accounts of the Club, and report thereon at each regular meeting of the Board of Managers. His accounts shall be audited by the Auditing Committee semiannually. He shall pay all bills on the certificate of their correctness by the House Committee. He shall notify persons elected to membership of their election.

V.

SECRETARY.

The Secretary shall give notice of all meetings of the Club and of the Board of Managers, and shall keep minutes of such meetings. He shall conduct the correspondence and keep the records of the Club and of the Board of Managers. He shall furnish to the Treasurer the names of all persons elected to membership, and shall be the keeper of the seal of the Club.

VI.

BOARD OF MANAGERS.

1. There shall be a Board of Managers to consist of nineteen members. They shall have general charge, management and control of the affairs, funds and property of the Club, and shall authorize and control all expenditures. They shall have full power, and it shall be their duty, to carry out the purposes of the Club according to the law and as provided in these By-Laws.

2. Fifteen members with the President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer of the Club shall constitute the Board of Managers. The fifteen members shall be divided into three classes of five each; the term of office of each class shall be three years.

At each Annual Meeting of the Club, five members to replace the class which has held the office longest shall be elected to the Board by ballot. In such elections a majority of the votes cast shall be necessary to elect. Vacancies which shall occur in any class shall be filled by the Board.

3. Members of the Board shall hold office during the term for which they are elected and until their successors are chosen.

4. The Board shall submit at each annual meeting a general report of the affairs of the Club, with an estimate for the ensuing year, which shall be printed and distributed

to members five days before the annual meeting, and shall report at other times if required.

5. The Board shall meet once a month, except during the months of June, July, August and September. Special meetings may be called by order of the President or of three members of the Board. A majority of its members shall constitute a quorum of the Board.

6. An absence on the part of any member of the Board from three consecutive regular meetings thereof, without satisfactory reasons being given, shall be deemed a resignation therefrom.

7. In respect to all questions of construction of these By-Laws, the decision of the Board shall control and be finally binding.

8. The order of business at the meetings of the Board shall be:

I. Roll Call.

II. Reading of the Minutes.

III. Report of the House Committee.

IV. Report of the Secretary.

V. Report of the Treasurer.

VI. Report of the Committee on Literature and Art.

VII. Report of Standing Committees.

VIII. General Business.