Charter of the Linnean Society. 



Death of any of the Members of the Council, or of the President, 

 Treasurer, or Secretary, for the time being, within the Space of 

 Three Months next after such Death or Deaths, in like Manner, 

 elect other discreet Persons, being Fellows of the said Society, 

 to supply the Places and Offices of such Members of the said 

 Council, or of the President, Treasurer, or Secretary, so dying : 

 And also shall and may appoint such other Persons to be Officers 

 of the said Society for the year ensuing, as they may think proper 

 and necessary, for the transacting and managing the Business 

 thereof. And it is Our furtherWill and Pleasure, that, so soon after 

 the Elections aforesaid as conveniently may be, the Person who shall 

 at any time hereafter be elected to be President of the said Society, 

 in Manner aforesaid, may and shall nominate and appoint four Per- 

 sons, being Members of the said Council, to be Vice-Presidents of 

 Power of elect- ^}^q gaid Society for the Tear ensuing. And "We do further declare 

 and grant, that, from and after the said Twenty-fourth day of May, 



Vacancies in 

 the Council, 

 &c. occasioned 

 by Death, to be 

 filled upwithin 

 Three Months. 



Fellows to ap- 

 point such 

 other Officers 

 as they may 

 think fit. 

 The President 

 annually to ap- 

 point four 

 Vice-Presi- 

 dents. 



moving Mem- 

 bers, after the 

 24th of May 

 next, vested in 

 the Fellows, 

 or any 11 or 

 more of them 



now next ensuing, the Pellows of the said Society, or any Eleven or 

 more of them, shall and may have Power, from Time to Time, at the 

 Greneral Meetings of the said Society, to be held at the usual Place 

 of Meeting of the said Society, or at such other Place as shall have 

 been in that Behalf appointed, by and with the consent of the said 

 Society as hereinafter mentioned, to elect such Persons to be 

 Pellows, Honorary Members, Foreign Members, and Associates of 

 the said Society, and all Fellows, Honorary Members, Foreign 

 Members, and A ssociates, to remove from the said Society, as they 

 shall think fit : And that the Council hereby appointed, and the 

 The Council, Council of the said Society for the Time being, or any Five or more 

 or any 5 or of them, all the Members thereof having been first duly summoned 

 dl having been to attend the Meetings thereof,shall and may have Power, according 

 summoned, to the best of their Judgment and Discretion, to make and establish 

 ^ke bTc- ° ^"^^ Bye-Laws as they shall deem useful and necessary for the 

 Laws, Begulation of the said Society, and of the Estate, Goods, and 



Business thereof; and for fixing and determining the Times and 

 Places of meeting of the said Society, and also the Times, Place, 

 and Manner of electing, appointing, and removing all Fellows, 

 Honorary Members, Foreign Members, and Associates, of the said 

 Society, and all such subordinate Officers, Attendants,and Servants, 

 as shall be deemed necessary or useful for the said Society ; And 

 also for filling up, from Time to Time, any vacancies which may 

 happen by Death, Bemoval, or otherwise, in any of the Offices or 

 Appointments constituted or established for the Execution of the 

 Business and Concerns of the said Society ; and for regulating and 



