Notice of Proposed Amendment to the Constitution

Notice of Proposed Amendment to the ConstitutionSource: The American Journal of International Law, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Apr., 1922), pp. 275-276Published by: American Society of International LawStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2187723 .

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CURRENT NOTES 275

At 2:30 o'clock p. m. Continuation of the meetings of the Subcommittees.

At 8:30 o'clock p. m. The Equality of States. Baron S. A. KORFF, Professor of Political Science,

School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. Reports to the Society of Subcommittees for the Advancement of Interna-

tional Law: Subcommittee No. 1. Dr. DAVID JAYNE HILL, Chairman. Subcommittee No. 2. Dr. HARRY PRATT JUDSON, Chairman. Subcommittee No. 3. Professor GEORGE GRAFTON WILSON,

Chairman. Subcommittee No. 4. Honorable PAUL S. REINSCH, Chairman.

SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 1922

At 10 o'clock a. m.

Discussion of and action by the Society upon the reports of the Subcommit- tees for the Advancement of International Law.

Business meeting of the Society. Adjournment of the Society. Meeting of the Executive Council.

At 7:30 o'clock p. m. Banquet at The Washington Hotel.

Banquet tickets may be secured by mail in advance by remitting $7.00 for each place to George A. Finch, 2 Jackson Place, Washington, D. C. They will also be on sale during the meeting, but subscriptions will be closed as soon as the limit of accommodations has been reached and, in any event, at noon on Saturday, April 29.

Members having guests must give the names of the latter when the tickets are secured.

NOTICE OF PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION

Pursuant to the decision of the Executive Council at its meeting on April 28, 1921 (Proceedings, 1921, p. 60) to propose an amendment to the Consti- tution of the Society by which there shall be an interval between the suc- cessive periods of service of members elected to the Executive Council, the amendment not to operate, however, so as to require a change in the per- sonnel of the permanent administrative officers who are now elected by the Executive Council from among its members, the following amendments to the first two paragraphs of Article IV of the Constitution will be proposed at the annual meeting of the Society in Washington, D. C., April 27-29, 1922:



276 THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW

(Omit words in brackets and insert words in italic.) The officers of the Society shall consist of a President, an Honorary

President, nine or more Vice-Presidents, the number to be fixed from time to time by the Executive Council, a Recording Secretary, a Corresponding Secretary, and a Treasurer, who shall be elected annually, and of an Execu- tive Council composed of the [President, the Vice-Presidents] foregoing officers, ex officio, and twenty-four elected members, whose terms of office shall be three years, except that of those elected at the first election, eight shall serve for the period of one year only and eight for the period of two years, and that any one elected to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired term of the member in whose place he is chosen. No elected member of the Executive Council shall be eligible for reelection for a period of one year from the expiration of the term of office for which he was previously elected.

The Recording Secretary, the Corresponding Secretary and the Treasurer shall be elected by the Executive Council [from among its members]. The other officers of the Society shall be elected by the Society, except as here- inafter provided for the filling of vacancies occurring between elections.



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