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President, Secretary, and Tellers

article, effective: -pres.
Confirmed ACG 1968 River Forest n.
Revision history
448 (provisional)
ordination, effective: -pres.
Confirmed ACG 1968 River Forest n. Revision history
  1. In every election there must be a president, a secretary, and at least two tellers.
  2. The secretary, if he is not designated by our laws and thus summoned and present, or otherwise appointed, shall be elected before everything else by secret vote and in a single ballot at the first meeting of the election. He may be elected from the brethren who are not members of the chapter, and he may be given an assistant and a substitute elected in the same manner.
  3. The secretary or his assistant must be present at every session. All the acts of the election shall be recorded accurately by the one who exercises the office of secretary, and, having been signed at least by the secretary himself, the president, and the tellers, shall be carefully preserved in the minutes of the chapter.
  4. In the same meeting or at the beginning of the elective session, tellers shall be elected from among the voters by a secret vote, in a single ballot and all at once.
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