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of the Goiincil residing in the United Kingdom shall be summoned by notice specifying 

 the object thereof. 



29. In all Meetings of the Council five shall be a quorum ; and all questions shall 

 be decided by open vote, unless a ballot be demanded by any three Fellows present. 



30. Minutes of the proceedings of every Meeting of the Council shall be taken during 

 their progress, in a rough book, by the Secretary, or, in case of his absence, by a Fellow 

 present, whom the President or Chairman shall appoint for the occasion ; they shall 

 be afterwards copied into a fair Minute-book to be kept for that purpose, read at the 

 next Meeting of the Council, and, when confirmed, signed by the President or 

 Chairman. 



31. The Accounts of the Institute shall be from time to time examined by the 

 Council, who shall present and cause to be read to the Annual Meeting a complete 

 statement thereof, together with a report on the general affairs of the Institute during 

 the preceding year. 



32. The Council shall, from time to time, publish the proceedings and transactions 

 of the Institute, and accompany them with maps, papers, and other matter, as occasion 

 may require. 



33. Each Fellow shall be entitled to a copy of the publications of the Institiite ; 

 but the mode of distribution shall be decided by the Council. 



34. The Council shall, so soon as convenient, establish a Library, Reading-room, 

 and Museum, to which all Fellows, and strangers provided with an order from a Fellow, 

 shall be admitted, under such restrictions as may appear to the Council necessary. 



35. The Council may appoint persons, not being Members of the Council, to be 

 salaried Ofiicers, Clerks, or Servants, for carrying on the necessary concerns of the 

 Institute, and may define the duties to be performed by them respectively ; and may 

 allow to them respectively such salaries, gratuities, and privileges as to the Council 

 may seem proper ; and may suspend or discharge any Ofl&cer, Clerk, or Servant from 

 office, whenever there shall seem to them occasion for so doing. 



36. The Council may appoint in any Colony or Dependency of the British Empire, 

 or elsewhere when it may seem expedient, one or more Fellows as Corresponding 

 Secretary or Secretaries. 



Committees. 



37. There shall be four permanent working Committees of Council, namely : 

 1, General Purposes ; 2, House and Library ; 3, Emigration ; 4, Trade and Industry. 



38. Twice at least in each year a Committee of the Council shall examine, in detail, 

 the state of the Household, the Secretary's department, and the degree of care displayed 

 in keeping the Ofiicial Books, the Library, the Museum, &c. 



39. The Council may refer particular subjects to Committees, and such Committees 

 shall report to the Council the result of their proceedings. 



40. All Committees shall be appointed by the Council. The President, Chairman 

 of the Council, and Secretary (when honorary) shall, ex officio, be Members of all 

 Committees. 



41. No act, order, or resolution of any Committee shall bind the Institute unless it 

 be done or made by the direction and authority of the Council, or be ratified by them. 



42. It shall be competent for the Council to invite the co-operation of persons, 

 not Fellows of the Institute, but who have special knowledge of any particular subject, 

 and to place such persons on any Committee which may be appointed. 



