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BYE-LAWS OF THE 



summoning 



quorum being pi^esent, shall be corapeteut to carry into execu- 



Council, tion all the powers intrusted to it Lj the charter and bye-laws. 



Five a 

 quoTiiia. 



Chairman. 



Modes of 

 voting. 



Majority 

 d ecides; 



80. No meeting of the members of the Council shall constitute 

 a meeting of Council, unless five or more members be present. 



81, The President shall be the chairman of all meetings of the 

 Council ; or in case of his absence, one of the Vice-Presidents ; 

 or in case of their absence, the senior member of the Council. 



8S. The ordinary inethod of voting at the Council shall be by 

 sho\V of hands ; but a ballot shall be taken in cases prescribed 

 by any regulations of the Council, or when demanded by any 

 member present. 



80. The decision of the majority of members voting at a meet- 

 ing shall be considered as the decision of the meeting, and the 

 chairman shall be entitled to vote, and if the votes on either 

 side be equal, to give a casting vote. 



Minutes of . ^^- Notes of the proceedings of every meeting of the Council 

 meetings. shall be taken during their progress by the Secretary or his 



assistant, and minutes thereof shall afterwards be copied fairly 

 into a minute-book to be kept for that purpose, and read and 

 signed by the chairman at the nest meeting of the Council. 



85. The government of the Society, and the direction, manage- 

 ment, and execution of Its concerns, are intrusted to the Council, 

 object to no other restrictions than are and may be imposed by 

 the charter and bye-laws, and to no other interference than may 

 arise from the acts of the Fellows in general, or in special 

 meeting assembled. 



86. The accounts of the Society shall be regularly audited 

 at least once a year, 



■87. The Council shall present and cause to be read to the 

 annual meeting a report of the general concerns of the Society 

 for the preceding year; the report shall state the income and 

 exf>enditure, the receipts and disbursements, the balance in hand, 

 the debts and assets, and the increase or diminution of the pro- 

 perty of the Society during that year. 



88. The Council may appoint Committees to examine into, and 

 report to ttem on, any special matters, scientific or otherwise, 

 relating to the objects or concerns of the Society, and may require 

 such Committees to report, and may dissolve such Committees 

 whensoever they shall think proper. 



89. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer, 

 To sign all drafts to be paid by the banker, and all 



receipts for the contributions of Felloe's. 

 To see that the accounts of all receipts and payments, 



Govern- 

 ment of 



Society 

 resides in 



Council. 



Accounts 

 to be 

 regularly 

 andited. 



Yearly 

 report hy 

 Council. 



Council 

 may ap- 

 point com 



mittee*?- 



Dufeies of 

 treasure. 



