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VIII. Electiox gf Council. 



(a) The Council of the Society shall be the Council at the time 

 of the adoption of this Constitution and shall hold office 

 during the year 1917. 



{b) Any member of the Society, resident in South Africa, shall 

 be eligible for election to any office. 



(c) The election shall be held in December of each year and 



shall be conducted by a Correspondence Ballot. 



(d) Every member whose residence is knosvn shall, except as 



provided in III., VI. (d) and XII., have due notice by 

 post of the election. 



(e) The President and Council at the time being, having called 



for nominations by members, shall two months prior to 

 the date of the election recommend to the members of 

 the Society the officers for the ensuing year. 



(/) All office-bearers shall retire annually, but shall be eligible 

 for re-election. 



(g) The Editorial Committee shall consist of three members of 

 Council resident at the seat of the Society and shall hold 

 office for a period of one year, after which they shall 

 retire, but shall be elegible for re-election. 



(h) The Executive Committee shall consist of all members of 

 Council who reside at the seat of the Society. The 

 President of the Society, if resident at the seat of the 

 Society, shall be ij>so facto Chairman of the Executive 

 Committee, and if the President be not a resident the 

 Vice-President so resident shall be the Chairman. 



(i) In the event of any vacancy occurring in the Council the 

 remaining members of the Executive Committee shall 

 appoint a member of the Society to fill such vacancy. 



IX. Seat of the Society. 



The seat or headquarters of the Society shall be in Pretoria, 

 subject only to the provisions of !JlVI. 



