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Council, their names shall be printed in the circular calling the 

 ensuing Ordinary Meeting ; at which they shall be balloted for. 



Ordinary Members shall be entitled to the same privileges 

 as Corresponding Members. 



VII. 



Council — Office-Bearers. 



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

 sixteen, consisting of a President, three Vice-Presidents, nine 

 Councillors, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a Librarian, who shall 

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

 Councillors, shall retire annually by rotation. 



The election of Office-Bearers shall take place at the General 

 Meeting in September of each year. Those retiring shall be 

 eligible for re-election. 



The Council shall have power to reject applications for member- 

 ship; to settle all disputes arising from the business of the Society; 

 to enact Bye-laws on points not provided for by the Rules ; to fill 

 up vacancies in the Council occurring during the Session, until 

 the following General Meeting; and generally to superintend and 

 govern the whole affairs of the Society. 



Five Members of Council shall form a quorum. 



VIII. 



President and Vice-Presidents. 



The President shall be Chairman of the Council, and of all 

 meetings at which he may be present. 



When he is absent, one of the Vice-Presidents shall take the 

 Chair, and, failing them, any Member of Council may be voted 

 into the Chair. _ 



IX. 



Secretary. 



The Secretary shall act both for the Society and the Council. 

 He shall record the Proceedings in the Minute Book, and shall 

 also prepare Abstracts of them for newspaper publication. 



He shall conduct the correspondence of the Society. 



