90 Proposed alterations in the Society's Rules. [AcG., 



their opinion to take the present opportunity of filling in voting papers. 

 Nine such papers were tilled in and, with the 42 votes returned by 

 Mofussil members, were scrutinized, the Chairman appointing Messrs. 

 W. K. Doda and J. D. Niriimo to be scrutineers. 

 The scrutineers i-eported as follows : — 

 In favor of all the proposed alterations. 

 Mofussil Members 42. 

 Resident ,, 9. 



Partly in favor and partly against. 

 Mofussil Members 2. 



The following are the alterations proposed : — 



Rule 4. " The administration, direction and management of the 

 affairs of the Society shall be entrusted to a Council composed of the 

 Officers of the Society — namely a President, three Vice-Presidents and 

 one or more Secretaries including the Treasurer — with as many other 

 Ordinary Members as shall with these officers make up a minimum total 

 of fifteen or a maximum of twenty. 



Not more than one of the offices of President, Vice-President, or 

 Secretary, shall be held by the same individual ; hiU the Secretary if there 

 he one, or one of the Secretaries, if there he more than one, shall ex-officio act 

 as Treasurer^ 



Proposed alteration in Rule 4. For and one or more Secretaries, 

 etc., read "a General Secretary, a Tx-easurer, and such additional Secre- 

 taries as the Council may from time to time nominate in accordance 

 with Rule 51." 



The reason for this change is that according to Rule 50/i the Secre- 

 taries are ex-ofjicio members of all Committees appointed by the Council. 

 When there are six Secretaries, as at present, this is manifestly in- 

 convenient. The office of ti'easurer is sufficiently important to justify 

 his being specially elected as such by the Society. 



As a corollary of this change the words hut the Secretary, etc., should 

 be omitted. 



Consequent on this change the following verbal changes will be 

 necessary. For 'Secretary' in Rules 8, J2, 33, 34; and for 'one of 

 the Secretaries' in Rules 55(c), 65(y), 57(a), 60i7i), 64, substitute 

 ' General Secretary,' and in Rule 46 after the word ' Secretary ' add 

 " Treasurer." 



Rule 14. Ordinary Members shall be entitled to the following 

 rights and privileges : — 



(c) to introduce visitors at the Ordinary General Meetings. 



