Journal of the Proceedings of the National Teachers' Association, Held in ... with the Constitution of the Association

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Page 15 - AMENDMENTS. This Constitution may be altered or amended at a regular meeting by the unanimous vote of the members present; or by a two-thirds vote...
Page 15 - Directors may assign, and shall have his records present at all meetings of the Association and of the Board of Directors.
Page 15 - Special meetings may be held at such other times and places as the Board or the President shall determine.
Page 8 - The committee to whom was referred the subject of a periodical to be established under the patronage and control of the National Teachers...
Page 15 - The board of directors shall have power to fill all vacancies in their own body ; shall have in charge the general interests of the corporation, excepting those herein intrusted to the board of trustees, and shall possess such other powers as shall be conferred upon them by the by-laws of the corporation.
Page 15 - Trustees hold in safe-keeping, all moneys paid to the association ; shall expend the same only upon the order of...
Page 15 - The President shall preside at all meetings of the Association and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform the duties usually devolving upon a presiding officer. In his absence, the first Vice-President in order who is present shall preside; and in the absence of all Vice-Presidents.
Page 13 - To elevate the character and advance the interests of the profession of teaching, and to promote the cause of popular education in the United States...
Page 14 - ... read by the Secretary or any other member whom they may select,) their views upon the subject assigned for discussion. Whenever a member of this Association shall abandon the profession of teaching, or the business of editing an educational journal, or of superintending schools, he shall cease to be a member. If one member shall be charged by another with immoral or dishonorable conduct, the charge shall be referred to the Board of Directors, or such a committee as they shall appoint, and if...
Page 8 - That the immediate publication and control of the journal be committed to the charge of three persons, who shall be residents of the city where the same shall be published.

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