ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA CXVII 
mendation 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 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 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 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 baliot 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. 
That in acting under rule 8 of the constitution, four of the 
corresponding members shall be elected for each section ; and the name 
or names proposed, the names of the proposers, and the reasons in 
writing, shall be announced to the society through the honorary secre- 
tary, at least one day before the balloting for any such corresponding 
member. (Resolution of May, 1884.) 
