Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-06-27

uinlll ana snail nave power to fill all va
cancics arising among the officers. It
shall also be the duty of the executive
| committee to prepare business for the ac-
ton of the Associate Alumni. to suggest
| whatever measures may seem fitted to
| promote the objects Of the society to de-
| termino the time and place of the annual
business meeting, and to make all neces-
| sary arrangements for the celebra ton.
and shall perform such other duties as
may be assigned to them by this constitu-
| don and the bylaws of the Associate Al
umn or by vote thereof.
Tho duties of the nominating committee
| shall be to present nomina tions for can
! ddates for trustees of the University Of
Vermont, as hereinafter provided.
ARTICLE ".
ALUMNI TRUSTEES.
| Section l. In accordance with the invi-
tatior Of the trustees Of the University
of Vermont. the Associate Alumni shall
| annually present to said trustees, the
| name Of some person, candidate for
election TO said board Of trustees, and
until the trustees upon said board here
after elected upon the recommendation Of
the Associate Alumni shall number four
| "a. the Associate Alumni shall present
to said board of trustees one % person
70" each vacancy which may occur upon
| said board of trustees.
Section 2. On or before the list day
Of March in each year the nnmlnati
committee on associate alumni shall
nominate at least three az persons
| for each vacancy upon said board of
| trustees, for which the associate alumni
have been requested to present caudi-
| date. and shall transmit the names of
such nominees for each vacancy TO the
registrar of the university. arranged
In Alphabetical order, with a short
biographical sketch of each.
At the written request of twenty-n five
| or more persons entitled to vote for such
| candidate filed with the nomina ting com
| mittee on or before the 1st day Of
| February. In any year the nominating
committee shall nominate as one of the
candidates to be voted for the person
designated by such petition
Section 3. On or before the LIST day
| of April Of each year, letter ballots con-
| tanning the names of all candidates
nominated. as herein provided. in alpha
betica order. together with the bio
graphical sketches prepared by said
| nominating committee. shall be sent by
| mail by the registrar Of the university
| or by some other officer Of the university,
| who Is designated for that purpose by the
! trustees thereof. 10 all graduates in
course from any department. academic
scientific. or medical. of the University
| of Vermont and State Agricultural Col
| lege who have been graduated there
| from for a period of at least three az
| years, and to all other persons who have
matrculated at the University Of Yer
! montana State Agricultural College. and
| are members of n Class. which has been
| gradua ted therefrom for at least three
! "a years. and who are regular members
| of the associate alumni. who shall de-
! sgnato upon said ballots the nominee
| for whom they wish to vote as a candi-
date to he presented to the trustees Of
| the university for election as a trustee,
| thereof.
| Section 4. In order to be counted
the ballots must he returned to the reg
! istrar enclosed in an envelope endorS-
| ed with the voters signature and class
on or before the LIST day of June in the
same year In which said ballots are
sent out After the 1st day of June OF
|
meeting of the Associate Alumni. the
registrar of the university. together
with such member or members Of the
nominating committee of the Associate
| Alumni ~ may be designated by tho
| said nominating committee for the
purpose shall canvass all ballots and
| report the result thereof to the score
tary OF the Associate Alumni, taking
care so far as possible not to disclose
| the manner In which the ballot of any
| person Is marked: but the result OF
said vote shall In no way be announced
or made public until at the annual
meet of the Associate Alumni, next fol.
lowing, at which time the number o,
votes cast for each candidate shall be
announced by the secretary Immedi-
| ately after such annual meeting, tn,
| secretary shall transmit to the secre-
| tary of the University of Vermont tho
| name OF the person receiving the lar
| gest number of votes In such election
| Should no person receive the largest
| number OF votes on account of q
tie, the president of the Associate
| Alumni shall choose by lot one OF tnt
persons receiving the largest number
thus chosen shall be presented to tn,
secretary OF the University Of Vermont
as the candidate recommended by tn,
Associate Alumni for election as trus
tee.
| Section 8. The first four per
| sons elected trustees of The
University OF Vermont. upon nom
| nation and presentation by the AS
sociate Alumni as herein pro
vded, shall be requested to resign as
such trustees as soon as elected. thell
designations being arranged to take effec
so as to create one vacancy in the ofiic,
of trustee in each year upon the Thurs
day following commencement at SAID
university, and all persons subsequent,
elected as successors to such trustees
upon nomina ton and presentation by saiC
Associate Alumni as herein provided
shall be requested to resign as such trus
tees as soon as elected, their designations
to take upon the Thursday following com
mencement four years after the year o.
their election, except as hereinafter pro
vided.
| Nm case q vancancy occurs for any
cause in the office of trustee held ny
person nominate and presented by SAFE
Associate Alumni, as herein provided, b