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the consent in writing of such Candidate having been first obtained and forwarded 

 with the nomination to the Secretary at least twenty-eight days previous to the date 

 of the Annual Meeting. Provided always, that no Resident Fellow (who is not a 

 member of the Council) may nominate more than one Fellow for the office of Councillor 

 in any one year. Such List shall be the Voting List for the Annual Election. If no 

 Fellow shall be nominated for the office of Councillor aforesaid in addition to the 

 nominations by the Council, the Fellows nominated by the Council to fill the vacancies 

 in the various offices for that year shall be deemed respectively elected without any 

 ballot being necessary, and the Voting List need not be printed and circulated. If 

 there shall be additional nominations for the office of Councillor the Voting List shall 

 be printed, and a copy thereof sent by post, with all requisite instructions for voting 

 and an official envelope, with the notice convening the Annual Meeting, to every 

 Resident Fellow and every Non-Resident Fellow of the Institute who has registered an 

 address for service in the United Kingdom, and shall be returned in the official envelope 

 to the Secretary, duly filled up and signed by such Fellow, at least three clear days 

 before the Annual Meeting. At the Ordinary Meeting next before each Annual 

 Meeting two Fellows shall be chosen to act as Scrutineers for the purpose of the voting 

 for the ensuing year, one of whom shall be nominated and appointed by and on behalf 

 of the Council, and the other by and on behalf of the Fellows. The Scrutineers so 

 appointed whenever a ballot takes place shall, prior to the Annual Meeting, open 

 the official envelopes received by the Secretary containing the Voting Lists and count 

 the votes and report in writing to the Council the names of those duly elected, together 

 with the names of those, if any, for whom an equality of votes may have been cast. In 

 the event of an equality of votes, the result shall be determined by vote of the Council 

 on the day of the Annual Meeting. Any Voting List on which a Fellow has voted 

 for a number, either more or less, than the necessary number of persons to fill up 

 the vacancies in the offices of President, Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, and Councillors 

 respectively, shall be rejected by the Scrutineers. The Notice of Meeting and the 

 Voting List shall be in the form set forth in the Schedule to these Rules, or as near 

 thereto as may be. 



66. The chair shall be taken at the hour appointed in the Notice of the Meeting, 

 or as soon thereafter as twenty Fellows shall be present. 



Alteration op Rules. 



67. Any alteration in these Rules, recommended by the Council, may be proposed 

 at the Annual Meeting, or may be submitted at any Ordinary or Special Meeting, 

 notice thereof having been given under the provisions of Rule 55, provided that 

 such proposed alteration shall have been exhibited in a conspicuous place in the 

 Rooms of the Institute, for at least one calendar month previous to the Meeting at 

 which it shall be submitted. 



68. Any twenty-five Fellows may propose to the Council any new Rule, or 

 the alteration or repeal of any existing Rule, by letter addressed to the Secretary ; 

 and, if dissatisfied with the answer of the Council, they may require that their pro- 

 position be referred to a Special General Meeting, which the Council shall convene 

 for that purpose within one calendar month after receiving such requisition. 



69. No repeal or alteration of any of these Rules, nor addition thereto, shall be 

 considered valid unless concurred in by three-fourths of the Fellows present and 

 voting in each case. 



