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business relating thereto be transacted at any such meeting, 

 except in so far as the charter or by-laws may expressly enjoin 

 or permit. 



CHAPTER XV. 



Council and Officers. 



Art. I. The Council shall consist of fifteen members elected 

 from amongst the Fellows. The officers, viz. the President, 

 four Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, and Secretary, shall be chosen 

 from amongst the Council. 



Art. n. The President, Secretary, or any three members of 

 the Council, may at any time call a meeting of the Council. 



Art. III. When a meeting of the Council is to be holden, 

 every member of the Council shall be summoned by letter ; and 

 such meeting, having been duly summoned, shall be competent 

 to carry into execution all the powers intrusted to it by the 

 charter and by-laws. 



Art. IV. No meeting of the members of the Council shall 

 be competent to conclude any business (except alterations in 

 by-laws, when three are sufficient), unless five or more members 

 be present. 



Art. V. The President shall be the chairman of all meet- 

 ings of the Council ; or in case of his absence, one of the Vice- 

 Presidents ; or in case of their absence, the senior member of 

 the Council. 



Art. VI. The ordinary method of voting at the Council shall 

 be by show of hands ; but a ballot shall be taken in cases pre- 

 scribed by any regulations of the Council, or when demanded 

 by any member present. 



Art. VII. The decision of the majority of members voting at 

 a meeting shall be considered as the decision of the meeting, 

 and the chairman shall be entitled to vote, and if the votes on 

 either side be equal he shall give a casting vote. 



Art. VIII. Minutes of the proceedings of every meeting of 



