LINNEAN SOCIETY. 



Alterations of Bye-laws. 



At a Special G-eneral Meeting of the Linnean Society held on the 

 5th of March, 1874, the following resolution was passed : — 



" That inasmuch as it appears that there are differences of 

 " opinion in the Society as to the legality of the alter- 

 "ations of the Bye-laws made at the Meeting on the 

 " 15th of January last, this Meeting, retaining com- 

 " plete confidence in the President and Council of the 

 " Society, request them (1) to obtain the opinion of 

 " some legal authority whether those alterations are 

 " binding on the Society or not. (2) That if the opi- 

 " nion be that the said alterations are legally binding, 

 " no further steps be taken in reference to them. (3) 

 " That if the opinion be that the said alterations, or 

 " any of them, are not legally binding, the Council be 

 " requested to take the necessary proceedings for set- 

 " ting aside the vote of the 15th of January." 

 In pursuance of the above resolution a Statement of the ques- 

 tions at issue was prepared, and approved by the Senior Secretary 

 on behalf of the President and Council, and by Mr. J. E. Harting 

 on the part of those Fellows of the Society who disapproved of the 

 proposed alterations of the Bye-laws. Application was made to 

 Lord Hatherley requesting him to undertake the office of Arbi- 

 trator, which his Lordship kindly consented to do. 



The following is a copy of the Case submitted to the Arbitrator, 



Statement of Case to be Submitted to the Arbitrator. 



Bt the Charter of Incorporation of the Linnean Society of 

 London, of which a printed Copy is sent herewith (see pp. 6-8), 

 a Council, President, Treasurer and Secretary, are nominated and 

 appointed for the direction, management, and execution of the 

 business and concerns of the Society (p. 6) ; and provisions are 

 made : — 



