BY-LAWS CXXV 
candidates for that election. The nomination of a candidate shall 
not be valid for more than five years from the date thereof. Any 
additional qualifications of a candidate may be set forth in a supple- 
mentary certificate signed by three members of the section. 
The honorary secretary shall keep a record of the nominations 
and, on or before the first day of March, he shall transmit to each 
member of the Society a printed list of all such nominations, 
arranged in alphabetical order, indicating the section to the member- 
ship of which each candidate is nominated, and giving the qualifications 
of the candidates and the names of their proposers. 
The honorary secretary shall also, on or before the first day of 
March, forward to the members of each section a printed ballot con- 
taining the names of all those nominated to that section with directions 
for voting. Each member may then vote for that number of candidates 
which the section is permitted by the regulations to elect, the vote to 
be indicated in each case by placing the mark ( X ) opposite the name 
of each or any of such number of candidates, and the ballot, signed 
with the name of the member, may be returned on or before the first 
of April to the honorary secretary, who shall report to Council, at a 
meeting to be held before the annual meeting, the number of votes 
obtained by each candidate. Should any of these have obtained a 
majority of the votes cast by the section, the Council shall so report to 
the Society at the next annual meeting, and the election shall then be 
confirmed by the Society. 
Should no candidate receive a majority of the votes cast by the 
section, or should any candidate for whom there is a vacancy not 
receive a majority of the votes cast by the section, then the Council 
shall, at the next annual meeting, refer the matter back to the 
section to select names from among the candidates nominated and 
recommend them to the Society for election to fill the vacancy or 
vacancies. If there be two or more vacancies, the selection shall be 
made by a separate vote for each vacancy. One-third of the mem- 
bers of the section shall be present at the meeting, and the votes of 
two-thirds of the members present shall be necessary for selection. 
The selection shall be reported to the Society for confirmation, on the 
first day of the meeting at 2.30 p.m., unless otherwise ordered at the 
time by the section, and for such confirmation the votes of a majority 
of the members present shall be sufficient. 
Each section shall have the power to increase its membership to 
the number fixed by this section and maintain it at that number by 
electing not more than four new members annually. The proposal to 
elect additional members shall be made by resolution of the section 
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