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Election and Admission of Fellows. 



Candidate 

 rt -n ' 1 i* to be pro- 



2. Every candidate for Admission must be proposed by three posed by 



— -- ■ - three Fel- 



lows, Who 

 _ must sign a 



3. The Certificate of Recommendation must specify the name certificate. 



Terms of 

 certificate. 



or more Fellows, who must sign a Certificate in recommendation 

 of such candidate. 



and rank, or description, and usual place of residence of the 

 Candidate, and the pi'oposers must state whether their recom- 

 inendation is made from personal knowledge, report, or otherwise. 



4. The Candidate shall be voted or balloted, for "^ at the next 

 ordinary General Meeting after the Certificate shall have been 

 read at two ordinary General Meetings; unless the Certificate 

 shall have been signed by the Chairman of the Council, on the 

 part of the. Council : in which case the Candidate may be voted 

 or balloted for at the same Meeting at which the Certificate is 

 first read. 



5- The Secretary, or his assistant, shall address to every 

 person elected a Fellow, on the day after his election, a printed 



his election. + 



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Withdrawalyl and Re-admission of 



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6. Any Fellow, or Member, may withdraw from the Society 

 by signifying his wish to do so, by letter, addressed to the Se- 

 cretary at the ofiBces of the Society : provided always that such 

 Fellow, or Member, shall be liable to the contribution of the 

 whole year wherein he signifies his wish to withdraw ; and that 

 he shall continue liable to the annual contribution until be shall 

 have discharged all sums, if any, due from him to the Society, 

 and shall have returned all books, or other property, if any, 

 borrowed by him of the Society; or shall have made full com- 

 pensation for the same, if lost or not forthcoming. 



7. The Council shall, at any time after the resignation of 



• The Dew charter (1861), sect. 13, provides that Fellows may be elected 

 and remored by open voting (unless fiv^ or more Fellows then present shall m 

 Writitig require a ballot, in which case the ballot to take place at an adjourned 

 meeting), the majority in case of open voting, and two-tbirds of those voting in 

 ,_ of ballot, being necessary to make the election or removal good. ■ 

 t The Charter provides that before any person elected shall be entitled to 

 enjoy the rights or privileges of Members, they shall sign a note or memo- 

 randum in writing, binding them to abide by the rules of the Society. The 

 form will be found in the Appendix, No. 2. 

 ' t The removal of Fellows is provided for by the Charter. 



Candidate 



to be voted 

 or balloted 



for. 



Intimation 

 of election. 



With- 

 drawal of 

 Fellows. 



Ee-aJmis 

 si on of 

 Fellows. 



