CJiarter of Incorporation. 7 



5. His Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, shall be the first 

 President of the Institute, and the other persons now being Vice-Presidents and 

 Members of the Council of the Institute shall be the first Members of the Council, and 

 shall continue such until an election of Officers is made under these presents. 



6. H General Meeting of the Fellows of the Institute shall be held once in every 

 year, or oftener, and may be adjourned from time to time, if necessary, for the following 

 purposes, or any of them : — 



(a) The election of the President, Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, and other 

 Members of the Council. 



(6) The making, repeal, or amendment of rules and bye-laws for the Govern- 

 ment of the Institute, for the regulation of its proceedings, for the admission or 

 expulsion of Fellows, for the fixing of the number and functions of the Officers of 

 the Institute, and for the management of its property and business generally, 



(c) The passing of any other necessary or proper resolution or regulation 

 concerning the affairs of the Institute. 



7. ILbZ General Meetings and adjourned General Meetings of the Institute shall 

 take place (subject to the rules of the Institute and to any power of convening or 

 demanding a Special General Meeting thereby given) at such times as may be fixed by 

 the Council. 



8. XTbC existing rules of the Institute, so far as not inconsistent with these presents, 

 shall continue in force until and except so far as they are altered by any General Meeting. 



9. XTbC Council shall have the sole management of the income, funds, and property 

 of the Institute, and may manage and superintend all other affairs of the Institute, 

 and appoint and dismiss at their pleasure all salaried and other officers, attendants 

 and servants as they may think fit, and may, subject to these presents and the rules 

 of the Institute, do all such things as shall appear to them necessary and expedient for 

 giving effect to the objects of the Institute. 



10. 'Gibe Council shall once in every year present to a General Meeting a report of 

 the proceedings of the Institute, together with a statement of the receipts and expendi- 

 ture, and of the financial position of the Institute, and every Fellow of the Institute 

 may, at reasonable times to be fixed by the Council, examine the accounts of the 

 Institute. 



11. XTbC Council may, with the approval of a General Meeting, from time to time 

 appoint fit persons to be Trustees of any part of the real or personal property of the 

 Institute, and may make or direct any transfer of such property necessary for the pur- 

 poses of the trust, or may at their discretion take in the corporate name of the Institute 

 Conveyances or Transfers of any property capable of being held in that name. Provided 

 that no sale, mortgage, incumbrance or other disposition of any hereditaments belong- 

 ing to the Institute shall be made unless with the approval of a General Meeting. 



12. IRO IRule, B^e^XaW, "IReSOlUtiOn, or other proceeding shall be made or 

 had by the Institute, or any Meeting thereof, or by the Council, contrary to the General 



