be chosen as hereinbefore provided. Each officer so chosen shall hold office for one year from the first day of October succeeding his election and until his successor is elected. In case of such re-division of a city into wards any political party may in the next succeeding year elect its ward committees, to serve for such terms, not exceeding the length of the terms for which the former committees were chosen, as the city committee existing at the time of calling the caucuses may determine, and thereafter shall elect such committees at the times and for the terms prescribed by law.]

SECTION 31. All caucuses held under the provisions of this act, except as is herein otherwise provided, shall be held in general accordance with the provisions relative to the conduct of elections and the manner of voting at elections contained in chapter four hundred and seventeen of the acts of the year eighteen hundred and ninety-three and acts in amendment thereof.

SECTION 32. The penalties imposed by law upon officers and voters who violate the provisions of acts regulating state elections are hereby imposed upon officers and voters who violate the provisions of this act. The supreme judicial court and the superior court shall have full power at law or in equity to enforce the provisions of this act.

SECTION 33. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed. [Approved June 5, 1895.]

APPENDIX H.

FORMS USED BY CITIZENS' ASSOCIATIONS.

I.

The Library Hall Association of Cambridge, Mass. Notification of election to membership with accompanying copy of the By-Laws of the Association.

Your name having been proposed for membership and approved by the Executive Committee, you can become a member of this Association as provided in Article III. of the by-laws. Please sign the enclosed card, and return the same with amount of admission fee (one dollar) to the Secretary, 86 Mt. Auburn Street. A copy of the by-laws is herewith enclosed.

Yours respectfully,

Secretary.

BY LAWS.

ARTICLE I. NAME.

The name of this Association shall be The Library Hall Association of Cambridge.

ARTICLE II. OBJECT.

The purposes of this Association shall be to secure the nomination and election of proper candidates for municipal offices; to procure the punishment of all persons who may be guilty of election frauds, maladministration of office or misappropriation of public funds; to advocate and promote a public service based upon character and capability only; and to promote intelligent discussion of municipal affairs by the publication and distribution of reliable information in relation thereto.

ARTICLE III. MEMBERSHIP.

Any citizen of Cambridge shall be eligible to membership without regard to his political preferences. Proposals for membership shall be made in writing to the Executive Committee in such form as they may provide, and if approved by three-fourths of that Committee the applicant shall become a member upon signing these By-Laws and payment of the admission fee. Proposals not approved by the Executive Committee may be referred by any member to the Association, which may, by a three-fourths vote of all present at any meeting, elect said applicant. The Executive Committee shall investigate charges of misconduct against any member of the Association, and report to the Association such recommendations as they may deem desirable in relation to the The Association may then, by three-fourths vote of all present expel said member, provided he shall be notified of the proposed action and be heard in his own behalf, if he so desires. Any member not in arrears, may at any time resign his membership by sending a written notice to the Secretary.

same.

The officers of the Association shall be a President, one Vice-President from each Ward, a Treasurer, a Secretary, three Auditors and an Executive Committee of five from each Ward who shall, after the first organization, be elected at the annual meeting in October, and hold office until their successors are elected. The President, Treasurer and Secretary shall also be ex-officio members of the Executive Committee. No person holding any salaried position under the National, State, or City Government, and no member of either branch of the City Council shall be eligible for election to any office of the Association. Any officer of

the Association who shall become a candidate for any of the above offices shall cease to hold his position as an officer of this Association, and the Executive Committee shall immediately choose a member to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the term of said officer. The Executive Committee may employ such assistance as they may deem necessary in the prosecution of the work of the Association, provided that no expense shall be incurred beyond the amount of money in the Treasury not appropriated for other purposes. The Treasurer, Secretary and Executive Committee, shall, at the October meeting, present a report of their work for the preceding year. And the Treasurer shall also, at the December meeting, present a detailed report of the expenditures of the Association in the last preceding municipal campaign, which shall be audited and printed in one or more newspapers published in Cambridge.

ARTICLE V. FEES..

Every member shall pay to the Treasurer the sum of one dollar as an admission fee, and upon the first day of October in each year, he shall pay an annual assessment of one dollar. Any member refusing or failing to pay any assessment for one month after the same becomes payable shall thereby lose his membership, unless the Executive Committee shall relieve him from said payment by a two-thirds vote.

ARTICLE VI. MEETINGS.

The Association shall hold meetings on the last Monday in October, December and March, and at such other times as the interests of the Association may require. Special meetings of the Association shall be called by the Secretary by order of the Executive Committee, or upon the written request of ten members, stating the reason therefor. The Secretary shall mail to each member a printed notice of the time and place of every meeting, stating the purpose for which it is called. At special meetings no business shall be transacted except that specified in the notice of the meeting. At any meeting of the Association onetenth of all the members shall constitute a quorum; ten members of the Executive Committee shall be a quorum to transact all business except the admission of members.

ARTICLE VII. AMENDMENTS.

These By-Laws may be amended by a vote of two-thirds of those present at any meeting of the Association, the proposed amendment having been printed upon the notice for the meeting at which said vote is taken. In no case shall these By-Laws, or any of them, be suspended.

II.

The Library Hall Association: Postal card containing notice of the annual meeting of the Association for the purpose of endorsing candidates for the municipal election; and also the admission card sent to each member of the Association.

The Library Hall Association of Cambridge.

GEORGE CLOSE,

Treasurer,

243 Broadway.

RICHARD H. DANA,
President.

GEORGE G. WRIGHT,
Secretary,

86 Mt. Auburn Street.

CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 27, 1893.

In accordance with a vote of the Executive Committee, the members are requested to meet at

THE CITIZENS' TRADE ASSOCIATION HALL, 604 MAIN ST.,

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, AT 7.30 P. M.,

to consider what action shall be taken by this Association in regard to the municipal election in December.

As this is not a public meeting, none but members will be admitted to the Hall.

The BLUE card, mailed Nov. 24, must be presented at the door.

The hour is 7.30 TO-NIGHT.

The Citizens' Trade Association Hall, 604 Main Street, Monday, Nov. 27, at 7.30 P. M.

GEORGE G. WRIGHT,

Secretary.

This ticket is Not Transferable, and will admit only the person named thereon.