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Utah Korrespondenten, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Utah-Fosten, Salt Lake City, Utah,
Veckobladet, Minneapolis.
Vesthmten, San Francisco.
Värt Land, Jamestown, N, Y .
österns Veckoblad, Worcester, Mass.
CONSTITUTION,
SI. The name of this Society shall be THE 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*
13. Honorary members may be elected by unanimous vote,
upon recommendation of the Council,
IA Any member who hag paid to the Society, in one sum,
$50 shall be a life member and exempt from further dues.
15. All receipts from life fees and all donations not made
for a specific purpose shall constitute an endowment fund,
which shall be 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 vaean-
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