1899.] Proposed alterations in the Society's Rules. 91 



Pboposkd addition to Rule 14(c) "and to the grounds and public 

 rooms of the Society during the hours when they are open to members." 



Rule 37. When any Ordinary Member shall have omitted to pay 

 the subscriptions of six successive quarters, the Council shall cause a 

 registered letter to be sent to him, directed to his last known address, 

 informing him of the amount of the sums due by him and that unless 

 they are paid within six months fi'om the receipt of such letters, his 

 name will be struck oif the list of Members as provided in the next 

 rule. 



Proi'OSEd alterAlT[ON in Rdle 37. For six successive quarters read 

 " eight successive quarters." 



Reason : Members are not uncommonly out of India for two years 

 on furlough. 



Rule 43. The electicm of Officers and other Members of Council 

 shall take place at the Annual General Meeting of the Society, in the 

 following manner. 



Proposed alter.\tion, omit the words in italics as they are red- 

 undant. 



Rule 44. The Council shall prepare a list of the names of those 

 persons whom it recommends to be elected as President, Vice-Presidents, 

 Secretaries, and otlier Members of the Council for the etisuing year ; and 

 before the first of Januar}^ such lists shall be printed, and a copy sent to 

 each of the Resident Members of the Society ; and at the Annual 

 JMeeting, similur lists, with hJanh forms for hallotting, shall he sjipplied to the 

 Members present. The election shall he hy hallot. The President shall he 

 first elected, then the Vice-Presidents, then the Secretaries, then the other 

 Members of the Council. 



Proposed alteration IN Rule 44: For Secretaries read "General 

 Secretary, Treasurer, Additional Secretaries." And for the words 

 similar lists, etc. Substitute " voting lists bearing the same list of names 

 but with a blank column for such alterations a.s any member may wish 

 to make, shall be supplied to the members present. 



" The manner of election shall be as follows : — 



" (a) Two scrutineers shall be appointed by the Chairman with the 

 approbation of the majority of the members present. 



" (h) Each member present shall deliver his list unsigned, but folded 

 and with such alterations as he may wish to make, into one box, and 

 a form bearing a cer-tificate that he has recorded his vote into another. 



" (c) The scrutineers, after counting the voting lists and certificates, 



