xviii Bye-Laxvs of the Lhmean Society, 
shall, in his Presence, immediately put such List or Lists into 
the respective Glasses ; and the Name of each Fellow who shall 
so deliver in his List or Lists shall be marked on a printed List of 
the Fellows, by the Secretary, or by the Person officiating in his 
stead. 
VI. When the Ballot for the Council shall have been closed, 
the President or Vice-President in the Chair shall appoint Three 
Scrutineers, not Members of the Council, to examine the Lists, 
and report the Result of the Ballot : One of those Scrutineers- shall 
open and read aloud each List deposited in the Balloting-Glass, 
and file it, while the other Two Scrutineers shall mark the 
Names; and when all the Lists shall be drawn and read, the 
Scrutineers shall cast up the Number of the Votes for each 
Person, whether to be removed from or elected into the Council, 
and shall report the same to the President or Vice-President in 
the Chair, who shall then declare the Five Persons for whose 
Removal from the Council there shall be the Majority of Votes, 
to be removed accordingly ; and the Five Persons for whose Elec- 
tion there shall be a Majority of Votes, to be elected Members of 
the Council for the ensuing Year accordingly. 
VII. When the Members of the Council for the ensuing Year 
shall have been declared, and not before, the President or Vice- 
President in the Chair shall appoint the same or Three other 
Scrutineers, not being Members of the Council, to examine the 
Lists and report the Result of the Ballot for President, Treasurer, 
and Secretary ; and such Examination and Report being made 
agreeably to the Directions contained in the preceding Section 
respecting the Council, the President or Vice-President in the Chair 
shall declare those who have the Majority of Votes to be the 
Persons elected to the respective Offices. 
VIII. If any List should; contain more than the proper Number 
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