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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 Official 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. 



4L 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. 



President. 



43. The President, when present, presides at all Meetings of the Council and of the 

 Fellows. The Council sliall annually elect a Chairman of the Council, who shall hold 

 office for one year, and shall be eligible for re-election, and shall preside in the absence 

 of the President. In the absence of the President, and of the Chairman of the Council, 

 one of the Vice-Presidents, or one of the Members of the Council, shall supply the 

 place of the President or Chairman of the Council. 



44. It is the duty of the Chairman of the Council to carry out the Rules of the 

 Institute, to see that all the Officers of the Institute, and Members of the Council and 

 of Committees perform the duties assigned to or undertaken by them respectively ; 

 to call for Reports and Accounts from Committees and persons ; to cause of his own 

 authority, and, when necessary, Special Meetings of the Council and of the Committees 

 to be summoned ; and to propose, from time to time, to the Council such measures 

 as shall appear to him conducive to the welfare of the Institute. 



45. It is the duty of the Chairman of the Council, conjointly with the Council, 

 to consider and resolve on the names of Fellows who are to be recommended at the 

 Annual Meeting to fill up all vacant offices. 



46. When prevented from being present at the Meetings of the Fellows or Council, 

 or from otherwise attending to the current business of the Institute, the Chairman of 

 the Council will be expected to give timely notice thereof to one of the Vice-Presidents, 

 or, in their absence, to some other Member of the Council, or to the Secretary, in order 

 that his place may be properly supplied. 



47. The President, or, in his absence, the Chairman for the time being, shall have 

 power to rule and regulate the discussions arising at any Meeting of the Institute. 



48. In all Meetings of the Institute and Council, except in the cases otherwise 

 provided for, the decision of a majority of the Fellows voting shall be considered as 

 a decision of the Meeting, the President or Chairman having a casting vote, in addition 

 to his own vote. 



Treasurer. 



49. The Treasurer has special charge of all Accounts, and shall see to the collection 

 of all sums of money due to the Institute, wliich, when received, shall be immediately 

 paid to the Bankers of the Institute. 



