DUBLIN NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



SESSION 1856-1857. 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, NOVEMBER 14, 1866. 



RoBEET CiJj.wELL, M.R.I.A., in the Chair. ^ 



The Minutes of the preceding meeting having been read and con- 

 firmed, — 



The Chairman stated that, before proceeding to ballot for the Officers 

 for the ensuing Session, it was necessary for the Society to decide on 

 the propriety of carrying out the suggestion of Council with regard to 

 the proposed alteration in the constitution of the Society. He would 

 call OD the Honorary Secretary to read the rule and proposed alteration. 



Dr. J. R. Kinahan, Honorary Secretary, read the rule and proposed 

 alteration, as follows : — 



Rules, section 1, clause 3. — "The Officers of the Society shall be 

 chosen from the ordinary members, and shall consist [of a President, 

 two Secretaries, and a Treasurer; and that these, with fifteen other ordi- 

 nary members, constitute a Council."] 



For the latter part of this it was proposed to substitute : — 



" That the Officers of the Society shall consist of a President (to 

 hold office for one year only), four Vice-Presidents, two Secretaries, and 

 a Treasurer; and that these, with thirteen other ordinary Members, shall 

 constitute a Council." The only alterations proposed were the nomi- 

 nation of four Vice-Presidents, and the reduction of the number of ordi- 

 nary members of Council. 



Mr. G. Sanders wished to know whether it was not irregular to 

 entertain this motion without farther notice to the members ? 



Ijr. Kinahan read the Rules relating to this point, from which it ap- 

 peared that due notice had been given by the Council of the proposed 

 alteration in the Rules. 



After some further discussion, it was proposed by the Rev. J. A. 

 Galbraith, and seconded by J. Kift, Esq., and — 



Resolved — That the words **to hold office for one year only" be 

 omitted from the proposed alteration. 



The Chaii-man then put the question—** That the Society do now 

 proceed to ballot according to the list of Officers prepared by the 

 Council," which passed unanimously. 



