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LAWS OF THE SOCIETV. 



Adjourned 

 Meetings. 



IV. Adjourned Meetings shall have the same powers as 

 the Meetings from which they were adjourned. 



Right of 

 Voting. 



V. Subscribing Members alone, shall have the right of 

 voting at a Meeting. 



Chairman 

 in President's 

 absence. 



VI. If the President shall liot attend any General 

 Meeting, he shall appoint a Vice-President or Member of 

 the Council to take the Chair, and shall communicate the 

 appointment to the Secretaries. In failure of such com- 

 munication, the Council shall elect a Chairman for the 

 Meeting. 



Hours of 

 Meeting. 



VII. The Chair shall be taken at the Annual Meeting 

 at Twelve o'Clock at noon ; at the General Meetings, at One 

 o'Clock p. M. or as soon afterwards as Five Members shall 

 have assembled. 



Decision of 

 Questions. 



VIII. Questions proposed at a Meeting shall be deter- 

 mined by a majority of votes ; and if the votes be equal, the 

 Chairman shall have a second, or casting vote. 



SECTION II. 



OFFICERS AND COUNCIL. 



Officers. I. A President and Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, and 



Secretaries, shall be chosen out of the Subscribing Members, 

 every year, at the Annual Meeting, and shall be re-eligible 

 from year to year. 



Council. II. The AiFairs of the Society shall be conducted, in con- 



formity with the Laws, by these Officers, and a Council 

 consisting of twelve subscribing Members. 



