22 Bjje-Laws of the Linnean Society. 



Council, the Charge of the Society's Library and Museum. He 

 shall attend ou such Days, and at such Hours, as the Council 

 shall direct, for the Accommodation of such Fellows, or other 

 Members of the Society, as may be desirous of consulting them. 



IV. Any Eellow of the Society shall be allowed the Loan of 

 Books from the Library, under such Eegulations, and with such 

 Exceptions and Restrictions, as the Council shall, from Time to 

 Time, determine. The Librarian shall not, without leave of the 

 Council, permit any Article whatever to be taken out of the 

 Library. 



CHAPTEE XIII. 



Of the General or Ordinary Meetings of the Society. 



Sect. I. The G-eneral or Ordinary Meetings of the Society 

 shall be beld on the Third Thursday in January, the First and 

 Third Thursdays in February, March and April, the First Thurs- 

 day in May, and on the First and Third Thursdays in June, Novem- 

 ber, and December, to begiu at Eight o' Clock in the Evening, and 

 to continue about an Hour, at the Discretion of the President ; 

 but there shall be no Meetings of the Society in the Months of 

 July, August, September, and October, nor on the First Thursday 

 in the Month of January. 



II. The Honorary Members, Foreign Members, and Associates 

 shall have free Communication with the Society at their General 

 Meetings. 



III. Each Fellow, Honorary Member, Foreign Member, and 

 Associate, may introduce a Stranger at every Greneral Meeting 

 of the Society, on delivering his Name to the President ; and the 

 Name of every Stranger so introduced shall be entered in the 

 Minute-Book, together vvrith the Name of the Member who shall 

 introduce him, and who is to be accountable for his Conduct 

 during his Presence at the Meeting. 



IV. In case of the Absence of the President, a Vice-President 

 shall preside at every General Meeting ; and if neither the 

 President, nor any one of the Vice-Presidents, be present, then 

 the Chair shall be taken by some Member of the Council who may 

 be present. 



V. When the Chair shall have been taken, the Minutes of the 

 preceding Meeting shall be immediately read, and be signed by 

 the Chairman of the Meeting, and the Presents on the Table shall 

 be declared. 



VI. The Business of the Society in their General Meetings 



