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over the expenditure of the funds and management of 

 the property of the Society. 



XLVI. Every Committee appointed by the Society Committees 

 shall at its first meeting elect a Chairman, who shall chairman, 

 subsequently convene the Committee and bring up its 

 report. He shall also obtain from the Treasurer such 

 grants as may have been voted for the purposes of the 

 Committee. 



XLVII. All Committees and individuals to whom Report befure 

 any work has been assigned by the Society shall pre- ^'''^®°'''®' ^**- 

 sent to the Council, not later than the 1st of November 

 in each year, a report of the progress which has been 

 made ; and, in cases where grants of money for scientific 

 purposes have been entrusted to them, a statement of 

 the sums which have been expended, and the balance 

 of each grant which remains unexpended. Every Com- 

 mittee sliall cease to exist at the November meeting, 

 unless then re-appointed. 



XLVIII. Grants of pecuniary aid for scientific pur- Grants expire. 

 poses from the funds of the Society shall expire on the 

 1 st of March next following, unless it shall appear by 

 a report that the recommendations on which they were 

 granted have been acted on, or a continuation of them 

 be ordered by the Council. 



XLIX. In grants of money to Committees and indi- Personal 

 viduals, the Society shall not pay any pei'sonal expenses to bTpaia!" 

 which may be incurred by the Members. 



L. No new law, or alteration or repeal of an exist- Alteration of 

 ing law, shall be made except at the Annual General 

 Meeting in March, or at a Special General Meeting 

 summoned for the purpose, as provided in Law XIX, 

 and in pursuance of notice given at the preceding 

 Ordinary Meeting of the Society. 



LI. Should any circumstance arise not provided for cases not 

 in tliese Laws, the Council is empowered to act as may ^'"^'"^ 

 seem to be best for the interests of the Society. 



LII. In order that the Members and Associates sections. 

 of the Society prosecuting particular departments of 

 science may have opportunities of meeting and working 

 together with fewer formal restraints than are necessary 

 at the Ordinary Meetings of the Society, Sections may 

 be established. 



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