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spectively, at the same hour in the evening at which the stated meetings 

 of the Society are appointed to be held; and specially at such times 

 as they may judge proper. 



2. They shall keep regular minutes of their proceedings, to be laid 

 before the Society at its stated meetings on the third Friday of the 

 same months respectively. 



3. They shall, from time to time, lay before the Society such mea- 

 sures as in their judgment will conduce to the well-governing and 

 ■ordering of the affairs of the Society, or promote the objects of its 

 institution; particularly, they shall recommend subjects for premiums 

 to be oifered by the Society, with the conditions on which they shall 

 be awarded. 



4. They shall also, from time to time, nominate to the Society as 

 candidates for membership, such persons, of our own or of foreign 

 countries, as may in their judgment merit such a distinction. Such 

 nominations shall, as nearly as may be practicable, be agreed to by 

 them in the manner pointed out by law for the election of members, 

 except that no previous notice of any intended proposal to them for 

 their nomination shall be required; and the names of all persons 

 duly nominated by them shall be certified to the Society by a minute 

 thereof, made in writing and attested by their clerk. 



5. To them shall be submitted all communications from candidates 

 for premiums, whether the Magellanic or those offered by the Society, 

 all of which shall be immediately referred to the standing committee 

 on premiums. Reports on such communications shall be made with- 

 out unnecessary delay. 



6. They shall annually appoint a standing committee of seven 

 members, to be called the committee on premiums, of which three 

 members shall be a quorum. It shall be the duty of this committee 

 to publish the terms on which the Magellanic and other premiums are 

 to be granted by the Society, to consider and report upon all com- 

 munications from candidates for premiums, and to recommend to the 

 officers and council subjects for which new premiums shall be offered 

 by the Society. 



7. The president and senior secretary of the Society, shall be, ex 

 officio, the president and clerk at their meetings; and three of their 

 number shall be a quorum. 



8. The ex-presidents of the society shall be members of the board 

 of officers and council. 



