Article VIII—Duties of Officers (cont.)

5. The Secretary-Treasurer shall (a) file with the President within ten days of election or appointment a bond upon a reputable bonding company for covering the office of Secretary-Treasurer and renewable by the same company in each succeeding year upon payment of the annual fee. This bond shall name the National Amateur Press Association as beneficiary and shall be in an amount to be determined by the President at renewal time, which is commensurate with the assets of the Association. The fee shall be paid out of the funds of the Association. Until notified of the receipt of such bond by the President, the retiring Secretary-Treasurer shall retain possession of all records and money belonging to the Association, but upon such notice he shall promptly forward such property to his successor. (The bonding may be accomplished by means of what is known as a position bond, furnished by leading bonding companies.)

(b) Act upon all applications for membership or reinstatement in accordance with the provisions of Article V and submit a full list of accepted applicants to the opening session of the annual convention.

(c) Promptly notify each applicant of acceptance or rejection and forward the name and address of each accepted applicant to the President, the Vice President, and the Official Editor.

(d) Refund the membership dues of each rejected applicant within ten days of receipt of the application.

(e) Furnish every member an absentee ballot at least thirty days before the opening of the annual convention, together with a notification of the time and meeting place of the convention.

(f) Supply membership lists as requested by the Official Editor.

(g) Send a reminder of expiration of membership to any member whose dues have not been received fifteen days after the end of the twelve months covered by his previous payment; drop from the membership roll the name of any member whose dues are thirty days in arrears, and in case of reinstatement in accordance with the provision of Article V, restore the name to the roll.

(h) Furnish the annual convention at the opening session with a full list of members who have paid their dues.

(i) Receive and hold all money belonging to the Association and make only such disbursements as have been authorized by the President.

(j) Furnish reports of the financial condition of the Association to the Official Editor for publication in The National Amateur and to the annual convention at its opening session. The report to the convention shall include: (1) The last available bank statement, (2) The books of original entry (i.e. Cash Receipts and Cash Disbursements).