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XLV. The legal ownei'ship of the ))i'operty of the Le^ai owneMiiii. 

 Society is vested in the President, the Vice-Presidents, ^'<' i"'"i'e''^>' 

 and tlie Treasurer for the time being, in trust for the use 

 of the Society ; but the Council shall hav^e full control 

 over the expenditure of the funds and management of 

 the property of the Society. 



XLVI. Every Committee appointed by the Society committbe.s 

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

 subsequently convene the Committee and briiig up its 

 report. He shall also ol)tain from the Treasurer such 

 grants as wv^y have been voted for the purposes of the 

 Committee. 



XLVII. All Committees and individuals to whom Heiwrt before 

 any work has been assigned by the Society shall pre- 

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

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

 made ; and, in cases ^here grants of mone}^ 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 shall cease to exist at the November meeting, 

 imless then re-appointed. 



XLVIII. Grants of pecuniary aid for scientific pur- Grants e.xpi re. 

 poses from the funds of the Society shall expire on the 

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

 a report that the recommendations on which they were 

 granted iiave been acted on, or a contiiuiation of them 

 be ordered by the Council. 



XLIX. In grants of money to Committees and indi- Peis.mai 

 viduals, the Society shall not pay any personal expenses uVne pali"*^ 

 which may be incurred by the Members. 



L. No new law, or alteration or repeal of an exist- Alterations 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 these Laws, the Council is empowered to act as may p''°^i'^«^* ^o' 

 seem to be best for the interests of the Society. 



