RULES AND REGULATIONS 9 



may select one or more of the candidates obtaining the highest number 

 of votes of the section, and cause the members of the society to be advised 

 of the names of tlie candidates so selected, at least one month previous 

 to the date of the annual meeting, when the election may take place by 

 vote of 'the members present, or the matter be referred back to the 

 section concerned, to select names from among the candidates nominated, 

 and recommend them to the society for election. This selection and 

 recommendation by the section shall be made on the first day of the 

 meeting at 2.30 p.m., unless otherwise ordered at that time by the 

 section. If there be two or more vacancies the selection shall be made 

 by a separate vote for each vacancy. 



Each section shall have power to increase its number by electing 

 one or two new members annually. The proposal to elect additional 

 members shall be made by nominations in tlie usual manner, but each 

 member of the section shall have the opportunity of voting against the 

 election of an additional member absolutely; and if the majority of 

 votes be against the election of an additional member, then no such mem- 

 ber shall be elected for that 5^ear. The clause shall cease to operate as 

 soon as the total number in any section shall have reached thirty. 



7. Duties of Members. 



Members shall sign the regulations of the society, shall be pre- 

 sented by the president to the society at a general meeting of the same, 

 shall attend its stated meetings or send reasons of absence to the honor- 

 ary secretary, and shall pay an annual subscription of $3.00 or the sum 

 of $20.00 in one payment in commutation of the same for life member- 

 ship. These payments shall entitle members to receive the Transactions 

 of the society. 



Any member may withdraw from the society, and the society may, 

 by resolution in general session on the recommendation of the council, 

 grant to such member the privilege of retaining his title, and his name 

 shall thenceforward be entered on the lists as a retired member retaining 

 title. 



Any member failing to attend three years in succession, without 

 presenting a paper, or assigning reasons in writing satisfactory to the 

 society, shall be considered to have resigned. 



8. Corresponding Members. 



The society may elect by ballot on proposal by three members, or 

 on the recommendation of the council, persons not resident in Canada as 

 corresponding members. Such persons must be eminent in literature or 



