362 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS SECTION 2. Active Menbership. The Board of Directors may elect to Active Membership persons who have (1) majored in the fields of Chemistry, Pharmacy, Chemical Engineering, Medicine, Physics, or other related sci- ences, and are recipients of degrees from accredited colleges or universities or, (2) matriculated for not less than two years in an accredited college or uni- versity with recognized credit in the above stated fields of Science and who, thereafter, have been engaged in a technical capacity in the Toilet Goods Industry for not less than five years or, (3) been deemed eligible upon ex- amination of their qualifications by the Board of Directors. However, no more than two applicants shall be accepted in any one year under clause (3). To be eligible for Active Membership, applicants shall qualify in accordance with one of the three stated specifica- tions shall file with the Secretary of the SOCIETY an application endorsed by three Members of the SOCIETY who are qualified to do so by right of full Membership privileges and, shall pay the initial stated annual dues. If approved by the Board of Directors, they shall be elected to Active Mem- bership by the majority vote of the Directors present at the meeting at which their names are presented. SECTION 3. Honorary Membership. Any Member may nominate for Hon- orary Membership any person whom he deems worthy of such honor. All nominations must be made in writing to the Secretary of the SOCIETY, together with reasons for conferring this honor. The Secretary shall notify each Member of the Board of Directors and of the Advisory Committee of any such nominations received together with submitted reasons. The Advisory Committee shall review the qualifications of each Candidate and by majority vote shall decide what recommendation to make to the Board of Directors in respect to each in- dividual. The Board of Directors shall then, and only then, vote on each Candidate, who shall be considered elected to Honorary Membership upon receiving at least two-thirds of the votes cast at the meeting. An Honorary Member shall be en- titled to all the privileges of an Active Member for life but shall not be en- titled to vote or hold Office. He is exempt from payment of dues. How- ever, an Active Member who has been elected to Honorary Membership may retain his right to vote and hold Office by continuing to pay dues. Honorary Members are elected only by and to the National Society. SECTION 4. Emeritus Membership. Any member who has reached the age of sixty years, has retired from active, remunerative work and who has been a Member for ten years, may through request or by nomination in his behalf transfer to Emeritus Mem- bership by application to the Secretary of the SOCIETY. The Secretary shall then refer such request or nomination to a Committee composed of the Secretary, Treasurer, and the Chairman of the Membership Committee, and upon its favorable recommendation and approval by the Board of Directors such Member shall be entitled to the designation Emeritus Member and to all the privileges of an Active Member for life, with ex- emption from payment of dues, but an Emeritus Member shall not be eligible for election as an Officer or Director. SECTION 5. Termination of Mem- bership. The voluntary resignation of any Active Member shall become ef- fective immediately upon receipt by the Secretary of such request in writing from the Member. SECTION 6. Termination of Priv- ileges. All rights, powers, privileges,

BY-LAWS OF SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS 363 obligations or duties of a Member, Director or Officer shall cease upon the death, resignation, or other ter- mination of such Member, Director or Officer from the rolls of the SOCIETY. SECTION 7. Renewal of Member- ship. Any active Member who shall resign while in good standing may be restored by request in writing to the Secretary of the SOCIETY and by payment of the stated annual dues for that year in which he requests reinstatement. ARTICLE III MEETINGS SECTION 1. Annual Meeting. Each year, the Board of Directors, by a majority vote, shall set the Annual Meeting on a date in December to be held at the principal office of the SOCIETY or at such other time and place as the Board of Directors shall designate. Notice of not less than two weeks before the date of such meeting shall be mailed by the Secretary to each Member at his recorded address stating the object of such meeting. SECTION 2. Special Meetings. A special meeting of the SOCIETY may be held at any time or place upon the call of the President or Secretary, provided not less than two weeks notice is sent by the Secretary to each Member at his recorded address stating the object of such meeting. SECTION 3. Quorum. Not less than fifty Members of the SOCIETY shall form a quorum at any Annual or Special Meeting of the SOCIETY at which business is transacted. SECTION 4. Voting Privilege at Meetings. At all meetings of the SOCIETY each Member in good stand- ing shall be eligible to cast one vote in person. Any Member in arrears for dues shall not be eligible to vote. All questions, presented for action, except those for which decision is regu- lated by statue, shall be determined by a majority vote of the eligible Members present. ARTICLE IV GOVERNING BODY SECTION 1. Board of Directors. The governing body of the SOCIETY shall be known as the Board of Directors which shall consist of the Officers, namely: President, President-elect, Secretary, Treasurer, four Elected Directors and, to represent the es- tablished Chapters, the Chairman of each established Chapter or in his ab- sence his designate delegate who is a Member of the respective Chapter. All Chairmen of Chapters, or in their absence their designate delegates, shall enjoy the temporary status of Directors of the SOCIETY only while attending a meeting of the Board of Directors, but the quorum of the Board of Direc- tors, shall not be affected in any man- ner by the absence of any or all repre- sentation from the established Chap- ters. SECTION 2. Authority. The Board of Directors shall have control over the affairs of the SOCIETY, including the direction and management of its ac- tivities and the control and disposal of its property and funds. It shall have the powers and authority especially conferred upon it by the Certificate of Incorporation and by the By-laws including such right, power and au- thority as may be exercised by the SOCIETY in its privileges as a non- profit corporation organized under and subject to the laws of the State of Delaware, in the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, and in the By-laws of the SOCIETY. SECTION 3. Election. The Officers and those Elected Directors elected each year, in accordance with ARTICLE VI, S•CTION 3, of these By-laws, shall take office at the close of the Annual Meeting each year and, except for the Elected Directors or when ap- pointed to fill an unexpired term, shall serve for one year or until successors are duly elected and take office.