66 The title of this association shall be THE CHICAGO STOCK EXCHANGE.” ARTICLE II. GOVERNMENT OF THE EXCHANGE. The whole government of the Exchange shall be vested in a Governing Committee composed of the President and eighteen members, to be elected in the manner hereinafter provided. 680154 ARTICLE III. ELECTIONS, OFFICERS, AND ASSISTANTS. SECTION I. The Officers of the Exchange shall consist of a President, a Vice-President, a Treasurer, a Secretary, and the Governing Committee. SEC. 2. There shall also be elected, as hereinafter provided, a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman, and a Manager of the Clearing House. SEC. 3. The President and Treasurer shall be elected by the Exchange by ballot, on the first Monday of June of each year. There shall also be elected at the same time six Members of the Governing Committee to hold office for the three years ensuing, as well as members to fill any vacancy or vacancies. The candidate or candidates having the largest number of votes shall be declared elected. At said election there shall also be chosen a Nominating Committee to consist of five members of the Exchange. The duty of said Committee shall be to prepare and report to the Exchange, thirty days prior to the annual election, a ticket for the annual election next suc ceeding their election. They shall hold office for one year, and any vacancy on the Committee shall be filled by the President of the Exchange within one week after such vacancy occurs. Any number of members, not less than twenty, may nominate other candidates for the same office or offices, said nominations to be in writing with the signatures of the persons so nominating, and to be placed in the hands of the Secretary. A certificate of the Secretary shall be appended to the names which shall be nominated other than those nominated by the regular nominating committee, certifying that they have been nominated by not less than twenty members of the Exchange. The names of all persons to be voted for on any ticket other than the regular ticket at said. election, shall be handed to the Secretary at least five days before said election and be posted by him. SEC. 4. The Governing Committee at its first meeting after the annual election, shall choose from its own members the Vice-President of the Exchange. It shall at the same time choose a Secretary, a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman, and a Manager of the Clearing House. |