94 Proposed alleraiionx in the Societifs Rules. [Aug., 



disburse all sums due from the Society, and shall keep exact accounts 

 of all such receipts ami payments. Disbursements exceeding 100 

 rupees shall be made only by order of the Council, or of a Committee 

 of the Council, under signature of the Chairman of the ]\Ieeting at 

 which the order was passed. 



Pkoposed addition to Rule .52 : "The Treasurer sliall be ex-officio a 

 Member of all (Committees apj)ointed by the Council." 



Rule 53. At the expiration of every quarter, the Treasurer shall 

 prepare a list of the names of those members Avho may be in arrears of 

 their subscriptions for tliat or previous quarters. And shall submit it for 

 the ordei'S of the Council Meetings next before the General Meetings 

 in February, May, August and November. 



Proposed alteration of Rule 53 : for that or previous read " foar 

 or more." 



Beason : The present rule, if observed, would entail making a list of 

 nearly all the members of the Society every quarter. Rule 22 provides 

 for the loss of privileges of membership by members whose subscrip- 

 tions are more than four quaiters in arrear. 



Rule 57. The order of business at sucli [ordinary monthly] 

 Meetings sball be as follows : — 



Proposed addition to Rule 57 : — 



(i) The Chairman shall announce the names of new members 

 elected at the meeting. 



(/) The Chairman sball have the power, when he considers that 

 the meeting has been unduly prolonged, to order any uncompleted 

 business, except that provided foi* in (i), to stand over to the next 

 meeting. 



Rule 58(c). Tlie business to be transacted at the [Annual] Meeting 

 .shall be, 1st, to elect the President, Vice- Presidents, Secretaries and other 

 Members of the Council for the ensuing year. 



Proposed alteration. For the words "President, &c., substitute 

 " Officers and " ; and after the word "year" add "as provided for in 

 Rule 44." 



Sections (cZ), (e), (/), (^) having been embodied in the proposed 

 new rule 44 to be omitted. 



Rule 58 (7i). Two Ordinarif Members are to be appointed Auditors 

 of the accounts of the Society for the past year. 



It is proposed to omit Rule 58 {h), as the accounts are now audited 

 professionally, which is also provided for in the proposed change in 

 Rule 66. 



