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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria. 



Eetirement of 

 ( )fflcers. 



Election of 

 Officers. 



Votes required. 



Members In 



Ai^ilress by 

 President. 



I)nties of 

 President. 



IX. All Office-bearers and Members of Council except 

 the six junior or last elected Members, shall retire from 

 office at the Annual General Meeting in March. Should a 

 senior Member's seat become vacant in the course of the 

 year, it shall be held by his successor (unde"r Law XIII.), 

 as a senior Member, who shall retire at the next Annual 

 General Meeting. The names of such Eetiring Officers are 

 to be announced at the Ordinary Meeting in December. 

 The Officers and Members of Council so retiring shall be 

 eligible for the same or any other office then vacant. 



X. The President, Vice-Presidents, ^Treasurer, Secre- 

 taries, and Librarian shall be separately elected by ballot 

 (should such be demanded), in the above-named order, and 

 the six vacancies in the Council shall then be filled up 

 together by ballot at the General Meeting in March. 

 Those members only shall be eligible for any office who 

 have been proposed and seconded at the Ordinary Meeting 

 in December, or by letter addressed to one of the Secre- 

 taries, and received by him before the 1st March, to be laid 

 before the Council Meeting next before the Annual Meeting 

 in March. The nomination to any one office shall be held 

 a nomination to any office, the election to which is to be 

 subsequently held. No ballot shall take place at any 

 meeting unless ten members be present. 



XL No member, whose subscription is in arrear, shall 

 take part in the election of Officers or other business of 

 the meeting. 



XII. An address shall be delivered by the President of 

 the Society at either a Dinner, Conversazione, or extra 

 meeting of the Society, as the Council may determine in 

 each year. 



XIII. If any vacancy occur among the Officers, notice 

 thereof shall be inserted in the summons for the next 

 meeting of the Society, and the vacancy shall be then filled 

 up by ballot. 



XIV. The President shall take the chair at all meetings 

 of the Society and of the Council, and shall regulate and 



