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SEC.15.—In case of the vacancy of any office in this company caused by removal from school, resignation, or otherwise, a meeting of the company shall be called by the editor-in-chief, or, if that position is vacant, by the treasurer, and the meeting shall elect a person to fill the position for the unexpired remainder of the term of office.
Sec. 16.—The duties of the local editor shall be such as usually devolve upon such officer.
ARTICLE V.
The Executive Committee and its duties.
SECTION I. The editor-in-chief the managing editor, the literary editor, and the local editor shall constitute an executive committee.
SEC. 2. The executive committee shall have general control of the paper, and shall outline the policy of the paper.
Sec. 3. No change in the form of the paper, or quality of the material used, or other change affecting the general interests of the paper, shall be made without the consent of the majority of the executive committee. Nor shall any item or article be published in the paper against the protest of the majority of the executive committee.
SEC. 4. — The executive committee may call a meeting of the company at any time when it thinks that the interests of the company demand it.
Sec. 5. The executive committee shall call a meeting of the company at the written request of ten stockholders.
SEC. 6. If there shall be at any time a tie in the executive committee, the editor-in-chief shall be privileged to cast a second vote.
ARTICLE VI.
Time and Manner of Elections.
SECTION 1.—General elections of officers of the company shall be held on the second Friday in May and on the second Friday in January.
SEC.2. All general elections shall be by ballot; the ballot-box shall be in charge of three persons; shall be located at some convenient point in the main building, and the polls shall be kept open from eight (8) o'clock in the
morning until six (6) o'clock at night.
SEC. 3. —Notice of the election shall be posted on the bulletin board of the University at least ten days in advance of the election.
SEC. 4. The lists of share-holders as recorded in the books of the secretary and of the treasursr shall constitute the legal poll-books, except as provided in Section 7, of Article III.
SEC. 5. These lists shall be closed five days before the election; no shares shall be issued between the times of closing the poll-books and the announcement of the results of the election.
Sec. 6. — Nominations for these offices shall be made in writing at least seven days in advance of the election, signed by at least ten stockholders in each case and submitted to the advisory committee for approval.
SEC. 7. A plurality vote shall determine the election of the editor-in-chief, secretary, and treasurer.
Sec. 8.—The candidates for the office of editor-in-chief who receive the second and third highest number of votes for that position, provided that each of them receive at least one-fifth of the total vote cast, shall be declared elected to positions on the editorial board. The remaining positions on the editorial board to be filled at that election shall be filled by the candidates receiving the highest number of votes for those positions.
Sec. 9.—In voting for members of the editorial board at any general election each voter shall be allowed as many votes as there are members of the board to be chosen at that election, and he shall be allowed to distribute these votes as he chooses; either casting all votes for one candidate, or one vote for each candidate, or make any other distribution he chooses.
ARTICLE VII.
Amendments and Miscellaneous Provisions.
SECTION I. Any article or section of this constitution, except Article III, may be amended at any meeting of the company by a majority of the legal voters.
SEC. 2. —No section of Article III can be amended except by a two-thirds vote of the legal voters.
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