AN ACT To Amend the CHARTER OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK. Passed April 6th, 1878. The People of the State of New-York, represented in Commerce to re or any Corpora estate, and may SECTION 1. The Corporation of the Chamber of Com- Chamber of merce of the State of New York, re-incorporated by an ceive from the act of the Legislature of the State of New-York, passed United States, on the 13th day of April, 1784, is hereby empowered to tion or person, take and receive from the United States of America, or real or personal from any Corporation, or from any person, or persons, convey or lease any real or personal estate, also to take by devise or purchase any real or personal estate, for the purposes of said Corporation, and to convey, lease or mortgage the same, or any part thereof, the net annual income of ate not to exwhich real estate shall not exceed one hundred thousand $100,000 per andollars. the same. Income which real num. of es Election of a Board of Trustees. Trustees to have control of SECTION 2. It shall be lawful for the said Corporation to elect, from among its members, at its first meeting called for the purpose after the passage of this act, six Trustees, who, with the President of said Corporation, shall constitute a Board, and have the charge and control of the real estate of said Corporation; said Trustees, at said first election, shall be classified so that two of real estate, and them be elected for one year; two of them for two to be classified. years; and two of them for three years; and at each annual election after the first, two Trustees shall be elected to fill the class of those whose terms expire; and said Corporation, at any regular meeting of the Chamber, shall have power to fill any vacancy in said Board of Trustees. Conveyances, Mortgages, Leases and Conauthortracts ized by Trustees SECTION 3. All conveyances, mortgages, leases or contracts, of, or affecting, any real estate of said Corporation, shall be authorized by said Board of Trustees, and President of the Chamber, or of a majority thereof; under seal of the and shall, when so authorized, be executed under the Corporation, atseal of the Corporation, attested by the signatures of the dent and Secre President and Secretary of the Chamber. SECTION 4. This act shall take effect immediately. tested by Presi tary. BY-LAWS OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, IN FORCE MAY, 1907. ARTICLE I. OFFICERS AND THEIR ELECTION. THE officers of the Chamber shall be a President, twelve VicePresidents, a Treasurer and a Secretary, all of whom shall be chosen by ballot, and a majority of the votes cast at each election shall be necessary in each instance to elect. At the first regular meeting in May, 1894, all of the foregoing Officers shall be chosen, and they shall hold office for one year, except as hereinafter provided. As soon as convenient after the election aforesaid, the VicePresidents so elected shall meet and divide into four classes, by allotment, of three to each class. The first class to serve for one year, the second class for two years; the third class for three years, and the fourth class for four years; after the expiration of their respective terms of office they shall be ineligible for re-election until one year has intervened. At the first regular meeting in May, 1895, and annually thereafter, there shall be chosen a President, a Treasurer and a Secretary, to serve for one year, and three Vice-Presidents, to serve for the term of four years, in place of those whose terms of office shall then expire. All persons elected to office shall take the oath or affirmation required by the Charter, and shall continue in office as above provided, or until their successors shall have become duly qualified according to the Charter. Should any person so elected decline to serve, or resign his office, or his office become vacant by his death, or disability, the vacancy shall be filled by an election at the next regular or any subsequent meeting of the Chamber, held after such declination or resignation shall have been reported to the Chamber. No person shall hold the office of President for more than three successive yearly terms, unless he shall be re-elected by a vote of three-fourths of the ballots cast at the election; and the same vote shall be necessary for each succeeding re-election of the same person to the same office thereafter. ARTICLE II. MEETINGS. The regular meetings of the Chamber for the transaction of business shall be held in the Hall of the Chamber on the first Thursday in each month, (the summer vacation only excepted,) at half-past twelve o'clock, P. M. When the first Thursday in any month shall fall on a legal holiday, the regular monthly meeting shall be held on the Thursday following, unless otherwise ordered by a vote of the Chamber. Special meetings may be held at such other places, and at such other times as the President, or, in his absence, one of the VicePresidents, according to seniority, may designate, upon the written requisition of ten members; provided that one day's notice of the time, place and object of the meeting shall have been publicly given; and also provided, that no other business except that desig nated in such call and notice shall be acted upon. ARTICLE III. MEMBERS AND THEIR ELECTION. No persons shall be admitted members of this Corporation but merchants or others residents of this or contiguous States engaged in trade or commerce, or in pursuits directly connected therewith. All nominations for membership of the Chamber must be made in writing, signed by one member, seconded by another member, together with a statement of the occupation and qualification of the candidate, and be addressed to the Executive Committee for consideration. If the Executive Committee approve the nomination, they shall report the same to the Chamber at the first regular meeting thereafter. The candidate shall be then balloted for; and if five or more negative ballots appear, he cannot be admitted a member, nor be again proposed until after the expiration of a year from the time of such rejection. The Chamber may expel any member for dishonorable conduct or dealings, but only after a hearing of such member at a regular meeting, and by a two-third vote of the members present. Pro vided, that the Executive Committee shall have recommended such expulsion, and that due notice be given by the Secretary of the Chamber, both to the accused member and to the Chamber at large, of the day when such hearing may be had; and also provided, that if the accused member do not appear for such hearing, in person or by proxy, the vote may be taken on his expulsion as though he had appeared. The Secretary of the Chamber shall furnish to each member who may apply therefor, and who shall have paid his admission or annual fees, an engraved certificate of membership, duly signed and authenticated. There shall be two classes of members. Resident, who reside or do business in the City of New-York; all others shall be classed as non-resident. When the number of the former shall have reached fifteen hundred, (exclusive of Honorary members,) and that of the latter two hundred and fifty, no more shall thereafter be admitted, except to fill vacancies. ARTICLE IV. HONORARY MEMBERS. Honorary members may be elected at any meeting of the Chamber, whether regular or special, on the nomination of the Executive Committee, and without ballot, unless called for. They shall be entitled to all the privileges of regular members, and be exempt from payment of any fees whatever. The Secretary shall furnish each honorary member, thus elected, with a certificate of membership, duly signed and authenticated. ARTICLE V. FEES. Each member elected to the Chamber shall pay a fee of fifty dollars, which shall be in full for all dues until the first of January next succeeding his election, and thereafter shall pay an annual fee of fifty dollars on the first of January in each year. For members not residing or doing business in the City of New-York the fee shall be one-half the above amounts, payable in like manner. The Executive Committee may, in its discretion, for reasons satisfactory to itself, remit the annual fees of any member; and it may accept the resignation of any member, at any time, if the annual fees of such member, to the date of such resignation, shall have been paid or remitted. If the fees of any member remain unpaid for a term of two years, the name of such defaulting member may be stricken from the rolls of the Chamber by order of the Executive Committee. ARTICLE VI. DUTIES OF OFFICERS. Of the President.-The President shall exercise a general supervision of the affairs and interests of the Chamber. He shall preside at all meetings of the Chamber, regular and special, and all motions of business and adjournment shall be addressed to him. He shall appoint all Special Committees, except where the Chamber shall otherwise order. He shall sign all official documents of the Chamber. He shall countersign the annual accounts of the Treasurer, when duly audited. He shall call special meetings of the Chamber, on the written requisition of not less than ten members, stating the object thereof, and shall designate the time and place at which such special meeting may be held, and direct the due notification thereof. Of the Vice-Presidents.-The Vice-Presidents, in the order of seniority, shall, in the absence of the President, have the same power and authority as the President. Of the Treasurer.-The Treasurer shall have the charge of all moneys collected or received for the use of the Chamber, except money arising from or in any way connected with its real estate, or appropriated for, or received to acquire or improve the same. He shall disburse the same whenever not otherwise provided for by these by-laws, only upon the written warrants of the Executive Committee. He shall keep books of account of all receipts and disbursements, and the vouchers therefor, in the usual form, and shall produce a copy of the same, fairly stated, for the inspection of the members, at each annual meeting. Such a copy of accounts shall be duly audited by auditors appointed for the purpose by the Chamber, and be signed by them and countersigned by the President, on or before the Tuesday next preceding the annual meeting. The Treasurer shall deliver over to his successor the cash remaining in his hands, as also any certificates of stock or other securities, the property of this Chamber, together with the books of account, chest and key, and may require a receipt therefor. In the absence of the Treasurer-elect, the same shall be delivered to the President. Of the Secretary.-The Secretary shall devote himself entirely to the affairs of the Chamber. He shall be the custodian of the Hall |