II. CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS.

The constitution and the by-laws of a society are usually reported by a committee appointed for the purpose.

Write the report of the committee appointed to frame the constitution and by-laws of The Daily Doings Club. The following form will be of service:

To the Members of The Daily Doings Club: —

Your Committee, appointed at a meeting for the preliminary organization of The Daily Doings Club, would respectfully submit the following articles and by-laws, with the recommendation that they be adopted as the constitution and by-laws of this society.

ARTICLE I.

SECTION I. The name of this society shall be
SECTION II. Its purpose shall be

ARTICLE IV.

Regular meetings of this society shall be held

ARTICLE V.

This Constitution may be altered or amended

BY-LAWS.

1. FEES. [Here may be inserted some rule in reference to fees of members.]

2. INVITATIONS. [Here may be inserted the conditions on which persons not members may be invited to attend the meetings.]

3. [Here may be inserted any rule that the writer deems necessary.]

All of which is respectfully submitted,

Committee.

III. AMENDMENTS.

An amendment to any motion, resolution, by-law, or constitution may propose to add certain words, to strike out words, or to strike out certain words and insert others. It is usually provided that amendments to the constitution or the by-laws of a society must be presented in writing at a meeting previous to the one on which action upon the proposed amendment is sought.

Give notice of an amendment proposed to the consti

tution of The Daily Doings Club, by filling out the following form:

I hereby give notice that at the next [regular, annual] meeting of this society I shall propose the following amendment to the constitution :

If two or more persons join in such a notice, the word I in the form above is changed to We, and each name is signed at the close of the notice.

IV. NOTICES.

The secretary should notify the chairman of every committee of his appointment, and should furnish to him a list of the other members, with a statement of the matters referred to his committee. He should also notify each member of the committee of his appointment thereon, and give the name of the chairman.

It is usually unnecessary for a secretary to notify members concerned of action taken in a meeting at which they were present. But if the action is of particular importance, is complicated, or if parts of it are liable to be forgotten, notice should be sent.

During a meeting of which you were secretary, it was voted to have a public debate on the last Friday

of the month, and James Tirrel, chairman, William Halcross, and Robert Ames were appointed a committee to make the necessary arrangements. Notify each of these persons of this action. Use the following form, making the needed changes: —

The Doyle Ave. Grammar School
Debating Club,

Providence, R. I., Dec. 19, 1899.

Mr. William Halcross.

Dear Sir:

At the meeting of The Doyle Ave. Grammar School Debating Club, held Dec. 18, 1899, you were elected a member of the Committee on Public Debates, of which committee James Tirrel is chairman.

Yours respectfully,

Harry S. Turner, Secretary.

Exercises.

The Daily Doings Club has had its annual election of As secretary, notify the several officers of their

officers.

election.

It is the duty of the secretary of a society or of a committee to issue, or post, or serve the notices of its meetings.

As secretary, write a notice of a special meeting of The Daily Doings Club.

By the direction of the chairman of the committee on fines and assessments, write a notice to the members of

the committee to attend a meeting. Imitate the following form:

Department of Public Schools.

Dear Sir:

Office of Secretary,

Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 25, 1899.

You are respectfully requested to attend a meeting of the Finance Committee at the office of the Superintendent, on Friday, Oct. 27, 1899, at 12 o'clock м.

By order of the Chairman,

Eugene R. Field,

Mr. Wm. R. Jones.

Secretary of School Committee.

As secretary of a lecture association, write an announcement of a lecture.

Prepare a short report of the lecture for the morning papers.

V. NOTICE OF REFERENCE.

The High School Outing Club,
Office of Secretary, Bangor, Me.,
June 5, 1899.

Mr. Harold F. Frelinghuysen,

Chairman of the Committee on Finance,

The High School Outing Club.

Dear Sir: At a meeting of The High School Outing Club, the question of an excursion to Moosehead Lake was referred to the Finance Committee, to report what the probable cost of such an excursion would be, and