LXXII EEGULATIONS OF THE 



5. — Officers. 



The officers of the Society shall be a President and Vice-President, with an Honorary Secretary 

 and a Treasurer, to be elected by the whole Society ; besides a President, Vice-President and Secre- 

 tary of each section, to be elected by the section. The elections shall be annual. 



The Council of the Society shall consist of the officers so elected, and of ex-presidents, during 

 three years from the date of their retirement fi'om the office of president, and of such ex-members of 

 the Council, not exceeding four in number, as may be selected by the Council itself. The ex-mem- 

 bers, so elected, shall continue in office for three years, and afterwai-ds until successors are appointed. 



6. — Members. 



The Fellows shall be persons resident in the Dominion of Canada, or in Newfoundland, who have 

 published original works or memoirs of merit, or have rendered eminent services to Literature or to 

 Science. 



The number of members in each section shall be in general limited to twenty, but may be in- 

 creased if any section should so desire, in the manner hereinafter indicated. Nominations to fill 

 vacancies in any section may be made at any time in writing by any three members of that section, 

 and the nomination papers shall be lodged with the Honorary Secretary, who shall make a record of 

 them. When the vacancy occurs, the Honorary Secretary shall notify the members of the section in 

 which it has taken place, and ti-ansmit to each a printed list of the candidates nominated, at least four 

 months before the annual or any general meeting of the Society. Each member may then place a 

 mark (X) opposite the name of the candidate for whom he votes, and return the voting paper to the 

 Honorary Secretary, who shall report to the Council at a meeting, to be held at least two months be- 

 fore the annual meeting, the number of votes obtained by each candidate. Should any of these have 

 obtained a majority of the whole section, the Council shall so report to the Society. Should this re- 

 sult not be attained, then the Council 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 

 the 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 sec- 

 tion 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 new member annually. The 

 proposal to elect an additional member 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 mem- 

 ber 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 twenty-five. 



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 membei-s to 

 receive the Transactions of the Society. 



Any member may withdraw from the Society, and the Society may, by resolution in general 



