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it may call upon him to resign, and shall have the power to 

 expel him from the Society, or remove him from any office 

 therein at its discretion. In every case, all proceedings 

 shall be entered upon the minutes. 



XXII. Every candidate for election as Member or Election of 



Jlembers anl 



as Associate shall be proposed and seconded by Members of Associates. 



the Society. The name, the address, and the occupation 



of every candidate, with the names of his proposer and of 



his seconder, shall be communicated in writing to the 



Secretary, and shall be read at a meeting of Council, and 



also at the following meeting of the Society, and the ballot 



shall take place at the next following Ordinary Meeting of 



the Society. The assent of at least five-sixths of the number Votes required to 



, ' , , , . . .> , , . . ^ , . , admit. 



voting shall be requisite tor the admission or a candidate. 



XXIII. Every new Member or Associate shall receive Members shall 



ci-i- i-i-i c *'^'i laws. 



due notice of his election, and be supplied with a copy of 

 the obligation,* together with a copy of the Laws of the 

 Society. He shall not be entitled to enjoy any jjrivilege 

 of the Society, nor shall his name be printed in the 

 List of Members, until he shall have paid his admission 

 fee and first annual subscription, and have returned to the 

 Secretary the obligation signed by himself. He shall at 

 the first meeting of the Society at which he is present, sign 

 a duplicate of the obligation in the Book of the Laws 

 of the Society, after which he shall be introduced to the 

 Society by the Chairman. No Member or Associate <^°^;i^f^o°^^j^J^_ 

 shall be at liberty to withdraw from the Society without 

 previously giving notice in writing to the Secretary of his 

 intention to withdraw, and returning all books or other 

 property of the Society in his possession. Members and 

 Associates will be considered liable for the payment of all 



* The obligation referred to is as follows : — 



Royal Society of Victoria. 

 I, tlie undersigned, do hereby engage that I will endeavour to promote the interests 

 and welfare of tli€ lioyal Society of Victoria, and to observe its laws, as long 

 as I shall remain a Member or Associate thereof. 

 (Signed) 

 Address 

 Date 



