LINXEAX SOCIETY OF LO>"DON. 



Chanr/es sm/gested in the Supjilemental Charter. 

 (Additions or oniissions are shown by Italic t3'pe.) 



Present Charter. 



P.O. 



"... and such others as shall from 

 Time to Time . . ." 



P. 6. 



" \^that there shall he an indrfi)iite 

 dumber of Fellows of the said Society ; 

 and'\ ". 



"... Treasui'er and Secretary . . ." 



P. 7. 



"... Council shall consist of Fifteen 

 Members . . ." 



"... on the Twenty-fourth Day of 

 May in every succeeding Year, unless 

 the same shall happen to be on a Sunday, 

 and then on the Day following, assemble 

 together at the then last, or other usual 

 Place of meeting of the said Society, 

 and proceed, by Method of Ballot, to 

 [put out and amove anij\ Five of the 

 Members who shall have composed the 

 Council of the preceding Year ; and 

 shall and may in like Manner, by 

 Metliod of Ballot, elect Five other dis- 

 creet Persons fi-om amongst the Fellows 

 of the said Society, to supply the Places 

 and Offices of such Five [cs may have 

 been so put out and amoved~\ ; it being 

 Our Royal Will and Pleasure, that 

 One-\third'\ of the Members of the said 

 Council, and no more, shall \be'\ annually 

 [changed and removed by the Fellows 

 of the said Society] ; And, also, that 

 they the said Fellows, or any Twenty - 

 one or more of them, shall and may, at 

 the Time and Place, and in Manner 

 aforesaid, by Method of Ballot, elect, 

 from among the Members of the said 

 Council, when formed and elected, in 

 Manner aforesaid, Three fit and proper 

 Persons, one of such Persons to be 

 President, another of such Persons to 

 be Treasurer, and the other of such 

 Persons to be Secretary of the said 

 Society . . ." 



P. 8. 



"... 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 . . ." 



"... to elect such persons to be 

 Fellows . . ." 



"... determining the Times and 

 Places of Meeting; . . ." 



Suggested Changes. 



"... and such others without dis- 

 tinction of sex as shall from Time to 

 Time . . .'" 



Omit. 



"... Treasurer, and at least one 

 Secretary . . ." 



"... Council shall consist of Twenty 

 Members . . ." 



" . . . on the Twenty-fourth Day of 

 May in every succeeding Year, unless 

 the same shall happen to be on a Sunday, 

 or Bank Holiday, and then on the Day 

 following, or such other Day within the 

 same week as the President shall fix, 

 assemble together at the then last, or 

 other usual Place of meeting of the said 

 Society, and proceed, by Method of 

 Ballot, to determine which Five of the 

 Members who shall have composed the 

 Council of the preceding Year shall 

 retire ; and shall and may in like Manner, 

 by Method of Ballot, elect Five other 

 discreet Persons from amongst the Fel- 

 lows of the said Society, to supply the 

 Places and Offices of such Five retiring 

 Members ; it being Our Royal Will and 

 Pleasure, that One-fourth of the Mem- 

 bers of the said Council, and no more, 

 shall annually retire ; And, also, that 

 they the said Fellows, or any Twenty- 

 one or more of them, shall and may, at 

 the Time and Place, and in Manner 

 aforesaid, by Method of Ballot, elect, 

 from among the Members of the said 

 Council, when formed and elected, in 

 Manner aforesaid. Three or more fit and 

 proper Persons,, one of such Persons to 

 be President, another of such Persons to 

 be Treasurer, and the other or others of 

 such Persons to be Secretary or Secre- 

 taries of the said Society . . ." 



"... Death of any of the Members 

 of the Council, or of the President, 

 Treasurer, or any Secretary, for the 

 time being, within the space of Six 

 Months . . ." 



" . . .to elect such ))erson8 without 

 distinction of sex to be Fellows . . ." 



" determining the Number of Fellows 

 to be annually elected, and the Times 

 and Places of Meeting . . ." 



