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powered to make, from time to time, such 

 regulations consistent with the general 

 rules of the society, as they may think 

 necessary. 



8. — That any infraction of the rules of 

 the society shall be immediately noticed 

 by the committee, who shall take such 

 steps in the matter as they may think 

 necessary. 



9. — That the commit teo shall be re- 

 quired to regulate the annual expenditure 

 of the society, as nearly as possible, upon 

 the following scale, viz : — For prizes 10 

 per cent, of the receipts ; show expenses, 30 

 percent.; library and museum, 10 percent.; j 

 rent, printing, stationery, postages, commis- . 

 sion, etc., 20 per cent.; and that if the sum 

 expended upon either of the above accounts 

 should not correspond with the percentage j 

 specified, the balance shall be canned | 

 forward to the same account of the follow- \ 

 ing year. 



10. — -That the committee of manage- 

 ment shall be elected yearly, at the annual 

 meeting of the society ; aud that the com- 

 mittee shall have the power of filling up 

 any vacancies that may occur in their 

 number between the period of the annual 

 meetings. 



11. — That the annual meeting of the 

 society shall be held during the month of 

 April in each year. 



12. — That at each annual meeting, the 

 committee shall lay before the members a 

 report upon the condition and prospects 

 of the society, and a statement of the 

 accounts of the preceding year, made up 

 to the 31st December, and duly examined 

 and certified by the auditors. 



13. — That at the annual meeting, any 

 member may bring forward suggestions 

 for the improvement of the society, pro- 

 vided that he has given fourteen days' 

 notice of his intention in writing to the 

 committee. 



14. — That at each annual meeting, two 

 auditors shall be appointed, who shall 

 examine the accounts of the society 

 after the end of the current year, and 

 report upon them to the next annual 

 meeting. 



15. — That at each annual meeting, a 

 collector shall be appointed, who, upon 

 giving security to the amount required by 

 the committee, shall be employed to collect 

 donations and subscriptions on behalf of 

 the society : — that for all moneys so col- 

 lected, he shall be required to give a printed 

 form of receipt ; and that he shall be re- 

 munerated for his trouble, by a commission 

 of 5 per cent, on the amount collected by 

 him. 



16. — That the committee may of their 

 own accord, aud shall at the written 

 request of twelve member of the society, 

 call an extraordinary general meeting, 

 giving fourteen days' notice of the same 

 to each member, and stating the special 

 purpose for which it is to be convened, to 

 which object alone the business of the 

 meeting shall be confined. 



17. — That any proposed new rule, or 

 alteration of an existing rule, shall not 

 become a rule of the society, without the 

 sanction of a majority consisting of at least 

 two-thirds of the members present at the 

 meeting. 



18. — That those subjects alone, which 

 relate to the concerns of the society, shall 

 ever be proposed or brought forward for 

 discussion at any annual or extraordinary 

 general meeting. 



19. — That the chairman, at all meetings 

 of the society, shall have the casting vote, 

 in addition to his vote a9 an individual 

 member, in case of an equal division of 

 the meeting. 



20. — That all propositions, at any ge- 

 neral meeting, shall be disposed of by a 

 show of hands ; but that a ballot may be 

 demanded by any twelve members present, 

 provided that notice of the same be given 

 to the chairman in writing before the 

 conclusion of the meeting 



21. — That all annual subscriptions 

 shall become due and payable on the 1st 

 day of January, in each year. 



22. — That every member shall pay an 

 annual subscription of at least 5?., except- 

 ing only cottagers and allotment holders, 

 who shall be admitted as members, subject 

 to the approval of the committee, upon 

 payment of Is. 6d. per annum. 



23.— That donors of £5, £10, aud 

 upwards shall be considered life members, 

 and shall be entitled to the privileges of 

 annual subscribers of 10s., 20*., etc., 

 respectively. 



2i. — That the committee of manage- 

 ment shall be empowered to recommend 

 to the annual general meeting a limited 

 number of gentlemen for election as hono- 

 rary members of the society ; and that 

 upon their election they shall be entitled 

 to the privileges of annual subscribers 

 of 10s. 



25. — That all persons ceasing to be 

 members of the society, from whatever 

 cause, shall forfeit by that act all right to, 

 or claim upon, the society or its property. 



26.— That every annual subscriber shall 

 receive a ticket of membership, entitling 

 him to free admission to all lectures and 

 other public meetings of the society. 



