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CONSTITUTION.
§1. The name of this Society shall he THIS SWEDISH
HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA.
Its principal office shall be in Chicago,
Its objects shall be:
First: To promote the study of the history of the Swedes
in America and their descendants.
Second: To collect a library and museum illustrating
their development in America,
Third: To issue publications relating to the history of
the Swedish people in Sweden and America.
Fourth: To encourage the study of Swedish history and
literature in American universities.
§2* Any person approved by the Committee on
Membership may become a member of the Society upon payment of
$2, and may remain a member by paying $2 a year. Members
who have been in arrears more than a year after notice
has been given shall lose their membership in the Society.
§3* Honorary members may be elected by unanimous
vote, upon recommendation of the Council,
§4. Any member who has paid to the Society, in one
sum, $50, shall be a life member and exempt from further
dues,
§5. All receipts from life fees and all donations not
made for a specific purpose shall constitute an endowment
fund, which shall he invested, and of which only the income
shall be used.
§6* The affairs of the Society, including the adoption
of by-laws, shall be In the hands of a Council of fifteen
members, who shall be elected by the Society at its annual
meeting, for three years, five each year, except that at the
first election five shall be elected for one year, five for two
years, and five for three years. The Council shall have
authority to fill all vacancies among its members that occur
between annual meetings. Any person who has donated
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