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Bye-Laws of the Linnean Society. 
Associate, may introduce a Stranger at every General Meeting 
of the Society, on delivering his Name to the President ; and the 
Name of every Stranger so introduced shall be entered in the 
Minute-Book, together with the Name of the Member who shall 
introduce him, and who is to be accountable for his Conduct 
during his Presence at the Meeting. 
IV. In case of the Absence of the President, the Senior Vice- 
President then present, shall preside at every General Meeting ; 
and if neither the President, nor any one of the Vice-President^ 
be present, then the Chair shall be taken by the Senior Member 
of the Council who may be present, 
V. When the Chair shall have been taken, all the Members, and 
other Persons present, shall place themselves orderly, and conve- 
niently, for the Business of the Meeting; the Minutes of the 
preceding Meeting shall be immediately read, and be signed by 
the Chairman of the Meeting, and the Presents on the Table 
shall be declared. 
VI. The Business of the Society in their General Meetings 
shall be, to read and hear Letters, Reports and other Papers, 
on Subjects of Natural History ; and also to view such Specimens 
of the Productions of Nature as shall be presented. 
VII. When any Pellow shall desire to speak, he is to address his 
Speech to the President or Chairman, who, if Two or more offer to 
speak together, shall determine which of them shall be heard first. 
VIII. In order that the Meetings of the Society may not be 
wasted by unprofitable Debates, it is ordained, that when any 
Question, not relating to Elections or the Bye-Laws of the So- 
ciety, shall be proposed to be balloted for by the Fellows, it 
shall be fairly transcribed on Paper, and being signed by Six or 
more Fellows, it shall be by them delivered to the Secretary at a 
Meeting of the Society ; and shall thereupon be read immediately 
after 
