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MAY 28th, 1869. 



Arthur E. Durham, Esq., President, in the Chair. 



The meeting having been made special by notice from the committee at the 

 previous meeting, in order to consider certain proposed alterations in the laws, 

 the President called npon the Secretary to read the amendments, with the laws 

 to which they referred, as follows : — 



In place of — 



II. That the business of the Club be conducted by a President, four Vice- 

 Presdents, a Committee of twelve members (four of whom shall be a quorum), 

 a Treasurer, a Secretary, together with an Honorary Secretary for Foreign Cor- 

 respondence, who however shall not be ex officio a member of the Committee, 

 and the Editor of the Journal for the time being. That two of the retiring 

 Vice-Presidents shall not be eligible for re-election. That the four senior 

 m.embers of the Committee (by election) retire annually, and be not eligible for 

 re-election ; but such retiring members may be nominated by the Committee to 

 fill the vacancies occurring otherwise than by regular annual retirement. Such 

 retiring members are also eligible for nomination by independent members of 

 the Club, in accordance vdth the third paragraph of Kule III. 



*' That the business of the Club be conducted by the President, four Vice-Presi- 

 dents, the Treasurer, the Sonorary Secretary , the So7iorary Secretary for Foreign 

 Correspondence, and a Committee of twelve other Members, (six to form a quorum) . 

 That the Editor of the Journal be ex officio an additional Member of the Committee. 

 That the President, Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, and two Secretaries , with the four 

 senior Members of the Committee (by election) retire annually, hut be eligible for 

 re-election " 



In place of — 



III. That the Officers and four members of the Committee shall be elected at 

 the Annual Meeting in July. That the Committee shall prepare a list of 

 names of gentlemen to be recommended to the Club for election as officers. 

 This list shall be read at the ordinary meeting in June; and any three or more 

 members who maybe desirous of nominating any other member or members for 

 election to any office shall have power to do so, provided such nomination be 

 delivered to the Secretary duly signed, before the close of the meeting; and the 

 name or names of any member or members so proposed shall be printed on the 

 balloting papers, below the names proposed by the Committee. 



" That at the Ordinary Meeting in June, Nominations be made of Candidates to 

 fill the offices of Vice-Presidents and vacancies on the Committee. That such nomi- 

 nations he made by resolutions duly moved and seconded, no Member being entitled 

 to propose more than one Candidate. That in the event of such nominations exceed- 

 ing one half more than the number of vacant offices, tlie Candidates be reduced by 

 show of hands to such proportion. That the President, Treasurer, Honorary 

 Secretary., and Sonorary Secretary for Foreign Correspondence he nominated hy the 

 Committee. That a list of all nominations made as above, be printed in alphabetical 

 order upon the Ballot Paper. That at the Annual General Meeting in July, all the 

 above Cffifers be elected by Ballot from the Caiididates named in the lists, hut any 



