RULES AND REGULATIONS 9 
tion 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 selec- 
tion 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 the 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 member 
shall be elected for that year. This 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 presented 
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 honorary 
secretary, and shall pay an annual subscription of $2.00 or the sum of 
$20.00 in one payment in commutation of the same for life membership. 
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 
recommendation of the council, persons not resident in Canada as cor- 
responding members. Such persons must be eminent in literature or 
science, and evidence to that effect must be presented to the society at 
the time of their proposal or recommendation. The number of corres- 
ponding members shall be limited to sixteen. 
