take the proper measures to have the society incorporated.

49. Constitutions, By-Laws, Rules of Order and Standing Rules. In
forming a Constitution and By-Laws, it is always best to procure copies
of those adopted by several similar societies, and for the committee,
after comparing them, to select one as the basis of their own, amending
each article just as their own report is amended by the Society. When
they have completed amending the Constitution, it is adopted by the
committee. The By-Laws are treated in the same way, and then, having
finished the work assigned them, some one moves, "That the committee
rise, and that the chairman (or some other

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member) report the Constitution and By-Laws to the assembly." If this
is adopted, the Constitution and By-Laws are written out, and a brief
report made of this form: "Your committee, appointed to draft a
Constitution and By-Laws, would respectfully submit the following, with
the recommendation that they be adopted as the Constitution and By-Laws
of this society;" which is signed by all the members of the committee
that concur in it. Sometimes the report is only signed by the chairman
of the committee.

In the organization just given, it is assumed that both a Constitution
and By-Laws are adopted. This is not always done; some societies adopt
only a Constitution, and others only By-Laws. Where both are adopted,
the constitution usually contains only the following:

(1) Name and object of the society.
(2) Qualification of members.