Secretary and Treasurer. The Executive Committee shall have the entire charge and management of the affairs of the Association. The Officers and Executive Committee shall be elected by ballot, at each regular meeting of the Association, and shall hold office until their successors 'shall be elected. The duties of Secretary and Treasurer shall be performed by the same person. The Secretary and Treasurer shall not be a member of the Executive Committee.

DUTIES OF OFFICERS.

III. The Officers of the Association shall assume their duties immediately after the close of the meeting at which they are elected; they shall hold meetings at the call of the President, or, in his absence, at the call of the Vice-Presidents, in their order, and make arrangements for carrying out the objects of the Association.

PRESIDENT.

IV. The President, if present, or, in his absence, one of the VicePresidents, in their order, if present, shall preside at all meetings of the Association and of the Executive Committee.

TREASURER.

V. The duties of the Treasurer shall be to receive and safely keep all moneys of the Association; to keep correct accounts of the same, and pay all bills approved by the President; and he shall make an annual report to be submitted to the Association. He shall give a bond to the President in such sum, and with such sureties as shall be approved by the Executive Committee.

SECRETARY.

VI. The duties of the Secretary shall be to take minutes of all proceedings of the Association and of the Executive Committee and enter them in proper books for the purpose. He shall conduct the correspondence of the Association, read minutes and notices of all meetings, and also papers and communications, if the authors wish it, and perform whatever duties may be required in the Constitution and By-Laws appertaining to his department. He shall be paid a salary, to be fixed by the Executive Committee.

MEETINGS.

VII. The regular meeting of the Association shall be held on the third Tuesday in October in each year, at such hour and place as shall be designated at the preceding meeting. Special meetings may be held upon the order of the Executive Committee. Notice of every meeting shall be given by the Secretary, in a circular addressed to each member, at least thirty days before the time of meeting. Fifteen members shall constitute a quorum of any meeting.

ORDER OF BUSINESS. (1.)

VIII. At the regular meeting of the Association the order of business shall be:

1. The reading of the minutes of the last meeting.

2. The address of the President.

3. The report of the Executive Committee on the management of the Association during the previous year.

4. The report of the Treasurer.

5. Reports of Special Committees.

6. The election of Officers.

7. The reading and discussion of papers of which notice has been given to the Secretary, at least thirty days prior to the meeting.

IX. At other general meetings of the Association, the order of business shall be the same, except as to the 3d, 4th and 6th clauses.

NOTICES.

X. The Secretary shall send notices to all members of the Association at least thirty days before each meeting, mentioning the papers to be read and any special business to be brought before the meeting.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

XI. The Executive Committee shall meet one hour before each meeting of the Association; and on other occasions when the President shall deem it necessary, upon such reasonable notice, specifying the business to be attended to, as the Committee shall, by vote, determine.

VOTING.

XII. All votes, except as herein otherwise provided, shall be viva voce; and in case of a tie, the presiding officer may vote.

NON-MEMBERS.

XIII. Any member, with the concurrence of the presiding officer, may admit a friend to each meeting of the Association; but such person shall not take any part in the discussion, unless permitted by the meeting.

READING OF PAPERS.

XIV. All papers read at the meetings of the Association must relate to matters connected with the objects of the Association, and must be approved by the Executive Committee before being read, unless notice of the same shall have been previously given to the Secretary, as hereinbefore provided.

PAPERS, DRAWINGS AND MODels.

XV. All papers, drawings and models submitted to the meeting of the Association shall remain the property of the owners, subject, however, to be retained by the Executive Committee for examination and use, but at the owner's risk.

FEES.

XVI. Members shall pay an admission fee of twenty-five dollars' and annual dues of twenty-five dollars, payable in advance. The Executive Committee shall have no power to expend, for any purpose whatever, an amount exceeding that received, as hereinbefore provided for. It shall be the duty of the members to make such returns to the Secretary as shall be required by the Executive Committee.

ARREARS.

XVII. No member whose annual payment shall be in arrears shall be entitled to vote.

WITHDRAWAL.

XVIII. Any member may retire from membership by giving written notice to that effect to the Secretary, and the payment of all annual dues to that date, but shall remain a member, and liable to the payment of annual dues until such payments are made, except as hereinafter provided.

EXPULSION.

XVIX. A member may be expelled from the Association by ballot of two-thirds of the members voting at any regular meeting of the Association, upon the written recommendation of the Executive Committee.

RULES OF ORDER.

XX. All rules not provided for in these By-Laws shall be those found in Roberts' Rules of Order.

AMENDMENT.

XXI. All propositions for adding to or altering any of these ByLaws shall be laid before the Executive Committee, which shall bring them before the next regular meeting of the Association, if it shall think fit; and it shall be the duty of the Committee to do so, on the request, in writing, of any five members of the Association.

COPIES OF CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS.

XXII. Each member of the Association shall be furnished by the Secretary with a copy of the Constitution and By-Laws of the Associa tion, and also a list of the members.

LIST OF MEMBERS

AND THEIR OFFICERS,

NOVEMBER FIRST, 1896.

(ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY ACCORDING TO CITIES.)

Akron, O., Akron St. Ry. and Illuminating Co.

Pres., E. C. Gibson; Vice-Pres., F. A. Seiberling; Sec., J. A. Long; Treas., J. B. Clewes; Ass't. Treas., Aaron Wagoner; Gen. Man., W. D. Chapman.

Allentown, Pa., Allentown and Lehigh Valley Traction Co. Pres., Albert L. Johnson; Sec. and Treas., A. F. Walter; Gen. Man., Jilson J. Coleman.

Alton, Ill., Alton Ry. and Illuminating Co.

Pres. and Treas., J. F. Porter; Vice-Pres., James Duncan; Sec., H. S. Baker, Jr.; Chief Eng. and Master Mech., J. T. King; Supt. Lighting, J. H. Hopkins.

Atchison, Kan., Atchison Ry., Light and Power Co.

Pres., R. L. Pease; Vice-Pres., W. P. Waggener; Sec., J. W. Orr; Treas., R. B. Morris; Gen. Supt. and Man., J. A. Bendure.

Atlanta, Ga., Atlanta Consolidated St. Ry. Co.

Pres., Joel Hurt; Vice-Pres. and Gen. Man., Ernest Woodruff; Sec., T. K. Glenn; Treas., R. J. Lowry; Aud., A. J. Chapman; Supt., H. N. Hurt; Elec. Eng., N. W. L. Brown.

Augusta, Ga., Augusta Ry. and Electric Co.

Pres., D. B. Dyer; Sec. and Treas., C. B. Reavis; Gen. Man., R. J. McCarty; Elec., W. E. Moore.

Baltimore, Md., Baltimore City Passenger Ry. Co.

Pres., Walter S. Franklin; Sec., Henry P. Smith; Treas., A. B. Clark; Gen. Man., F. L. Hart; Elec., F. H. Gibson.

Baltimore, Md., Baltimore Traction Co.

Pres., William A. House; Vice-Pres., James S. Hagerty; Sec., J. C. Bowerman; Treas., Frank S. Hambleton; Gen. Man., Richard Emory; Gen. Supt., W. C. Ludwig; Aud., H. C. McJilton; Elec., Thomas A. Cross; Eng., D. B. Banks.

Baltimore, Md., City and Suburban Ry. Co.

Pres., Nelson Perin; Vice-Pres., George C. Jenkins; Sec., Leon Fender; Treas., E. J. D. Cross; Gen. Man., J. F. Heyward; Elec. Eng., J. B. Scott; Mast. Mech., S. B. Thompson.

Battle Creek, Mich., Citizens' St. Ry. Co.

Pres., L. N. Downs; Sec. and Gen. Man., E. E. Downs; Treas., F. N. Rowley.

Bay City, Mich., Bay Cities Consolidated Ry. Co.

Pres., William B. McKinley; Vice-Pres., Richard S. Hunter; Sec., W. S. Hood; Treas., W. G. MacFarland; Gen. Man., Samuel L. Nelson; Gen. Supt., W. R. Morrison; Supt., A. S. Ashe.

Birmingham, Ala., Birmingham Ry. and Elec. Co.

Pres., A. M. Shook; 1st Vice-Pres. and Gen. Man., Robert Jemison; 2d Vice-Pres., William A. Walker; Sec. and Treas., James A. Stratton; Supt., John B. McClary; Elec. Supt., George H. Harris.

Boston, Mass., West End St. Ry. Co.

Pres., Samuel Little; Vice-Pres. and Sec., Prentiss Cummings; Treas., Joseph H. Goodspeed; Gen. Man., Charles S. Sergeant; Gen. Supt., J. E. Rugg; Aud., H. L. Wilson; Elec., R. C. Conant; Mast. Mech., C. F. Baker; Roadmaster, R. Hapgood; Civil Eng., A. L. Plimpton; Purch. Agent, H. F. Woods.

Bridgeport, Conn., Bridgeport Traction Co.

Pres. and Gen. Man., Andrew Radel; Vice-Pres., Henry M. Doremus; Sec., Thomas L. Watson; Treas., William Scheerer; Elec., F. E. Fischer.

Brockton, Mass., Brockton St. Ry. Co.

Pres., George H. Campbell; Treas., Charles A. Stone; Gen. Man., Horace B. Rogers; Asst. Treas., Henry E. Reynolds; Aud., G. E. Tripp.

Brooklyn, N. Y., Brooklyn City and Newtown R. R. Co.

Pres., John N. Partridge; Vice-Pres., Louis Fitzgerald; Sec. and Treas., Duncan B. Cannon; Supt., John L. Heins; Elec. and Mech. Eng., Howard A. Mock.

Brooklyn, N. Y., Brooklyn Heights R. R. Co.

Pres., Clinton L. Rossiter; Vice-Pres., Theodore F. Jackson; Sec. and Treas., Timothy S. Williams; Gen. Supt., Ira A. McCormack; Aud., Charles D. Meneely; Chief Eng., J. T. Whittlesey; Chief Eng. of Track, J. C. Brackenridge.

Buffalo, N. Y., Buffalo Ry. Co.

Pres., Henry M. Watson; Vice-Pres. and Gen. Man., Hardin H. Littell; Sec. and Treas., Joseph S. Baecher; Mast. Mech. Robert Dunning.