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UNION CONSTITUTION

Changes Provisionally Adopted.--To be Finally Voted Upon Tuesday.

Section 1. There shall be TWO STANDING COMMITTEES, to wit: A GOVERNING BOARD, and a Library Committee.

*Sect. 2. The Governing Board shall be elected annually, and shall be constituted as follows: four representatives from the College and Scientific School, two representatives from the Graduate Departments of the University, the Present, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer of the Union. The Governing Board shall make all rules for preserving order and relating to the use of the Club House. It may give permission for the use, on special occasions, of any hall or room that may not be reserved, but shall have no power to lease any part of the premises. The Board shall nominate candidates to be voted for at the annual election, and shall have the power to pass on names of candidates for Membership. Five members shall constitute a quorum. The Governing Board shall provide for the general welfare of the Union, and subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees shall exercise all powers not herein specifically assigned.

Sec. 3. The standing committees shall organize within one week of their election and shall serve until their successors have been elected. Each committee shall elect its own chairman and shall fill vacancies in its own membership until the next annual election; except that when only a minority of the committee remain, vacancies shall be filled at a special election by the Union.

Sect. 4. The Library Committee shall consist of seven members of whom, AT LEAST, there shall be graduates, to be elected at large by the Union. It shall appoint a librarian approved by the Trustees, who shall keep a catalogue of all books added to the Library by purchase or gift, and shall be responsible for their preservation in good order. The librarian may receive a salary which shall be fixed by the Trustees. The Committee shall determine what books are to be bought and what journals shall be subscribed for, and shall also have control over the pictures, statues, trophies and bric-a-brac in the Union. Four members shall constitute a quorum.

VI. Nominations and Elections.

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Sect. 1. The Annual Election for President, Vice-President, Secretary, and the Standing Committees shall be held on the first Thursday in April.

Sect. 2. THE GOVERNING BOARD shall nominate two or more candidates for each office and each place on the committees to be elected at the Annual Election.

Sect. 3. Nominations shall be made and posted two weeks before the date of the election; but a belated nomination, if supported by the signature of fifty active members, WHO ARE STUDENTS IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY, may be inserted in the list up to within three days of election day. The election shall be by the Australian ballot, the polls being open from 8 A. M. to 4 P. M. on election day. The officers in charge of the polls shall be appointed by the President of the Union. There shall be no voting by proxy. ONLY ACTIVE MEMBERS WHO ARE STUDENTS IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE. The persons receiving the greatest number of votes shall be declared elected. In case of a tie, another election for that office shall be held within five days.

VII. Membership.

Sect. 1. Active members. Any member or past member of Harvard University is eligible to active membership, upon his making application in writing to the TREASURER.

Sect. 2. Associate Members. Officers and past members of Harvard University residing within twenty-five miles of Cambridge, and students in the departments of the University located outside of Cambridge ARE ELIGIBLE MEMBERSHIP.

Sect. 3. Non-Resident Members. All members or past members of Harvard University residing more than twenty five miles from Cambridge ARE E LEGIBLE TO NON-RESIDENT MEMBERSHIP.

Sect. 4. Associate and Non-Resident Members shall enjoy all the privileges of the Union EXCEPT THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

Sect. 5. Life Members. Past members, all officers of Harvard University, AND STUDENTS REGISTERED IN GRADUATE DEPARTMENTS OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY ARE ELIGIBLE TO LIFE MEMBERSHIP on payment of fifty dollars; students REGISTERED IN UNDERGRADUATE DEPARTMENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY on payment of seventy-five dollars. LIFE MEMBERS WHO ARE STUDENTS IN THE UNDERGRADUATE DEPARTMENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

Sect. 6. Honorary Members. The Union may elect not more than ten honorary members, provided each candidate for honorary membership has received the approval of the Board of Trustees, of the GOVERNING BOARD, and of two thirds of the active members voting at a special meeting.

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