NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. lxv 



VII. 



Honorary Members. 



1. Eminent Naturalists shall be eligible for election as Honorary 

 Members. Having been recommended by the Council, and the 

 recommendation announced at any Meeting of the Society at 

 which general business can be transacted, their names shall be 

 printed in the circular calling the ensuing Meeting, at which the 

 vote shall be taken. 



2. They shall be entitled to the same privileges as Associates and 

 Corresponding Members. 



VIII. 



Council — Office-Bearers. 



1. The business of the Society shall be managed by a Council 

 of twenty, consisting of a President, three Vice-Presidents, twelve 

 Councillors, two Secretaries, a Treasurer, and a Librarian, who 

 shall take office for three years. One of the Vice-Presidents, and 

 four Councillors shall retire annually by rotation. 



2. Office-Bearers retiring after a full term of three years shall 

 not be eligible for re-election to the same office till after the interval 

 of one year ; but this regulation shall not apply to the Secretaries, 

 Treasurer, or Librarian. 



3. All nominations of Office-Bearers shall be made in writing, 

 signed by two Ordinary Members, and sent to the Secretaries at 

 least eight days before the General Meeting in October. They 

 shall then be submitted to the Council, and shall be printed, with 

 the names of proposers and seconders, in the circular calling the 

 General Meeting. 



4. The Council shall submit annually, at the General Meeting, 

 a report on the work of the Society during the previous year. 



5. The Council shall have power to settle all disputes arising 

 from the business of the Society ; to enact Bye-Laws on points not 

 provided for by the Constitution ; to fill up vacancies in the Council 

 occurring during the Session ; to appoint Committees to take charge 

 of particular departments of the Society's business ; to appoint 

 Local Secretaries from amongst the Members of the Society, from 

 whom, in their respective districts, all information regarding the 

 Society's objects and work may be obtained ; and generally to 

 superintend and govern the affairs of the Society. 



6. Five Members of Council shall form a quorum. 



IX. 



President and Vice-Presidents. 



1. The President shall be Chairman of all Meetings of the 

 Society and of the Council at which he may be present ; in his 



