(b) At all meetings of the Association discussion shall be limited to active members; provided, however, that special privileges may be accorded others at the will of the meeting.

(c) At any regular or special meeting, executive sessions may be held. Such sessions shall be open to active members only.

Order of Business

VIII. The regular order of business shall be:

1. Reading of minutes of last meeting.

2. Report of the executive committee.

3. Address of the president.

4. Report of the treasurer.

5. Reports of standing committees.

6. Reports of special committees.

7. Reports from affiliated associations.
8. Reading and discussion of papers.
9. General business.

10. Election of officers.

Committee on Subjects

IX. In order to secure continuity of work and uniformity of general purpose, a Committee on Subjects shall be appointed each year by the Executive Committee. The function of this committee shall be to suggest topics for the work of the American Electric Railway Association and its affiliated associations for each year in advance.

The committee shall consist of one member from each of the affiliated associations and a number from the American Electric Railway Association equal to the number from the affiliated associations. The committee, at each annual meeting, shall present its plans for the coming year.

Voting

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

Reading of Papers

XI. All papers read at the meetings of the Association must relate to matters connected with the objects of the Association and must have been previously approved by the Executive Committee.

Affiliated Associations

XII. This Association shall do all in its power to promote the welfare of other associations organized with its approval to investigate technical matters connected with street and interurban railway construction and operation. To this end it will, in the following ways,

and in others which may be determined by the Executive Committee, assist in the work of such affiliated associations:

(a) By authorizing the formation and approving the constitutions of such associations.

(b) By admitting to the Executive Committee a member from each of such associations.

(c) By granting financial assistance to such associations.

(d) By editing, printing and binding the reports of the proceedings of such associations.

(e) Through its Secretary and Executive Committee it will assist in arranging for conventions, suggesting suitable subjects for investigation; it will file information for reference and distribution and in every way endeavor to stimulate interest in all of the affiliated associations.

Papers, Drawings, Etc.

XIII. All papers, drawings and models submitted to the meetings of the Association shall remain the property of the owners; subject, however, to retention by the Executive Committee for examination and use, but at the owner's risk.

Fees

XIV. Active members shall pay an admission fee of ten dollars and annual dues payable in advance based on gross earnings from electric railway operation during the preceding fiscal year of the respective companies as follows:

Associate members shall pay in advance an annual fee of five dol

lars.

Arrears

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

Withdrawal

XVI. 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

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

Rules of Order

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

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Amendments

XIX. 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 consider such course desirable; and it shall be the duty of the Committee to do so, on the request, in writing, of any five members of the Association.

AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
(Adopted at the 1912 Convention)

Membership

III. The membership of this Association shall consist of two classes, as follows:

(a) Company members, consisting of American urban and interurban railway companies, or lessees, or individual owners of urban and interurban railways or steam railways, having electrified sections. Each company member shall be entitled to one vote, which shall be cast by the properly accredited delegate.

(b) Members, consisting of individuals, co-partnerships and corporations who are actively identified with urban and interurban railway interests, or with those of steam railways having electrified sections, and other persons who, in the opinion of the Executive Committee, have had experience of such a nature as to render desirable their connection with the Association. Members may ally themselves either directly with the American Association or with its Engineering

Association, its Claim Agents' Association or its Transportation and Traffic Association, provided such membership conforms to the Constitution and By-laws of the designated organization. Only those eligible, as determined by its Executive Committee, to the executive sessions of the American Association Conventions may be allied directly with the American Association. Excepting that they shall not be entitled to vote or hold office, the privileges of the members shall be similar to those of the company members, and in general, these privileges shall be as follows:

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AMENDMENT TO THE BY-LAWS.

(Adopted at the 1912 Convention.)

xx. The Association shall institute a monthly publication to be called AERA, which shall be under the management of the Secretary, who shall act under the general supervision of an Advisory Committee, subject to approval by the Executive Committee as to the policy thereof and the expenditures therefor. The annual subscription price of the AERA shall be Two Dollars ($2.00) and is included in the annual dues of the members.

(Arranged alphabetically according to the names of the Companies.)

ALABAMA CITY, GADSDEN & ATTALLA RAILWAY Co., Gadsden, Ala.

President, G. H. Schuler; Secretary and Treasurer, E. T. Schuler; Assistant Secretary, M. I. Schuler; Superintendent, Electrical Engineer and Park Manager, C. J. Zell.

ALBANY SOUTHERN RAILROAD Co., Albany, N. Y.

President, R. A. C. Smith; First Vice-President, Judge Randall J. LeBoeuf; Second Vice-President, William Loeb, Jr.; Secretary and Treasurer, I. W. Day; General Freight and Passenger Agent, C. E. Holmes; General Mechanical and Electrical Superintendent, R. P. Leavitt; Superintendent Railroad, N. H. Brown; Chief Engineer and Engineer Power Station, T. H. Ceperley; Master Mechanic, George W. Osburn; Roadmaster, John Clark; Park Manager, Fred Burger; Superintendent, Gas Department, S. P. Cobb; Commercial Agent, E. K. Ford; Auditor, A. L. Linn.

ALGIERS RAILWAY & LIGHTING Co., New Orleans, La.

President, C. D. Warren; Vice-President, O. T. Maier; Secretary and Treasurer, E. Howard McCaleb; General Manager, C. E. A. Carr; General Superintendent, C. W. Ford.

ALLEN STREET RAILWAY CO., Nazareth, Pa.

President, Chas. T. Hess; Secretary and Treasurer, Geo. H. Kressler; General Manager, Purchasing Agent and Chief Engineer, N. K. Putnam.

ALTOONA & LOGAN VALLEY ELECTRIC RAILWAY Co., Altoona, Pa.

President, J. J. Sullivan; Vice-President, H. J. Crowley; Secretary and Treasurer, C. L. S. Tingley; Assistant Secretary and Assistant Treasurer, W. W. Perkins; Comptroller, F. J. Pryor, Jr.; General Manager, S. S. Crane; Claim Agent, S. B. Hare; Mechanical Engineer, Jas. Honor; Superintendent of Transportation, L. T. Shannon; Master Mechanic, W. H. Rushton.

ANNISTON ELECTRIC & GAS Co., Anniston, Ala.

President, S. Z. Mitchell; First Vice-President, F. L. Dame; Secretary and Treasurer, H. M. Francis; Auditor, W. F. Johnston; General and Park Manager, Purchasing and Claim Agent, R. L. Rand; Electrician and Chief Engineer of Power Station, W. H. Rudisill; Master Mechanic, John M. Bowles; Roadmaster, J. J. Cook.