The control and exerci. of the government of
the affairs of said corpo Lion and the exercise
of the corporate powers thereof, are hereby
vested in a Board of Dir tors. to be composed
of seven members, one to elected annually for
the term of three years a four annually for the
term of one year. Until e first election under
this instrument, at white -e members alone of
said Board shall be elem i.. R. N. Sims, G. A.
Gondran, Alex. Bloomer :iec Robert Hender
son, Charles Maurin. E. 'ims and William M.
McGalliard shall consti le said Board, and at
said election the successa to the five members
first in this section above imed shall beelected.
At its first election mee ug after its election,
theoBoard shall organize ' nami.ng one of the
number elected for one - as EIxalted Ruler,
another as Esteemed Leading Knight, another
as Secretary, another as Treasurer and a fifth as
a Trustee; the remuaining two members shall hi'
Trustees. Until its organization, after the first
V election, R. N. Simsis hereby named as Exalted
e Ruler, G. A. Gondran as Esteemed Leading
Knight, Alex. Bloomenstiel as Secretary, Robert
e Henderson as Treasurer and the three otlhers
herein named as Trustees. Thedutits of these
a respective officers shall be fixed by the by-laws.
Elections hereunder of said Board and, by it. of
the officers, shall be held on thu third Thuirsday
of March, 1910. and annually thereafter, on the
third Thursday of March of each and every year.
Said W. M. McGalliard shall remain a Trustee
and member of said Board until the election in
March, 1911, and said E . Sims until that in
March, 1912. " I.
