Association at the annual convention or any prior meeting. It shall adopt
a budget for the current fiscal year as soon after the close of the business
session of each annual convention as possible. It shall render a report of
its proceedings to the Council prior to the business session of the annual
convention.

The Executive Committee, prior to the annual convention, shall appoint
a committee to nominate officers, and a committee on committees, who
shall report to the convention, through the Council, nominees for officers
and for the committees of the Association, respectively, for the ensuing
year.

In case of a vacancy occurring among the officers of the Association,
on the Council, the Executive Committee, or other Committees of the
Association, the Executive Committee by a majority vote may fill the
vacancy. The person so elected shall serve until the next annual conven-
tion following his election.

(This states the existing practice. It vests some authority in the Execu-
tive Committee, which under the existing Constitution and By-laws is
apparently vested in the Council, but which the Council cannot effectively
exercise in the period between Conventions. It incorporates Section 2 of
Article III of the By-laws [page 127] and portions of Article IV of the
By-laws [page 128] and Section 4 of Article III of the By-laws [page 128].
It is an endeavor to state in one place the functions and powers of the
Executive Committee. Note particularly the new provisions relating to
the budget.)

SECTION 3. Officers.

(a) Designation of Officers.

The officers of this Association shall consist of a president, eight vice-
presidents (one from each athletic district), and a secretary-treasurer.

(b) Election of Officers.

’ The officers of the Association shall be elected at the business session
of the annual Convention.

(c) Duties of Officers.

(1) President. The President shall preside at the meetings of the
Association, the Executive Committee, and the Council. He shall call a
meeting of the Council or of the Executive Committee whenever neces-
sary, and a meeting of the Association when requested in writing by ten
or more of the active members. ‘The President shall call a meeting of the
District Vice-Presidents immediately following their election at the annual
Convention and discuss their duties with them. In the absence of the
President, or in case he is incapacitated from serving, one of the Vice-
Presidents to be chosen by him (or in case of the President’s disability,
by the Executive Committee), shall take his place and perform his duties.

(2) Vice-Presidents. Each Vice-President shall represent the President
in his district. He shall act as an arbitrator, to whom charges and rumors
of infraction within his district of the provisions of this constitution may
be referred. He shall appoint an advisory committee of three or more to
assist in the performance of his duties. He shall carefully observe the
conduct of intercollegiate athletics within his district and shall render a
report in writing to the annual convention on the conditions of athletics
in his district, with such suggestions and recommendations as he deems
advisable. He shall determine the eligibility of applicants for membership
within his district as provided in Article IV, Section 4 of this Constitu-
tion, and shall perform such other duties as the President may designate.

(3) Secretary-Treasurer. The Secretary-Treasurer shall keep records
of the meetings of the Association, the Council, and the Executive Com-
mittee. He shall report to the Association at each annual convention the
proceedings of the Executive Committee and the Council during the pre-
ceding year. He shall print such matter as the Association, the Council,
or the Executive Committee may direct.

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