XIV BYE -LAWS. 



elation, a Vice-President shall preside ; and, in the absence of all 

 the Vice-Presidents, a Member of the Council shall preside ; and, if 

 no Member of the Council be present at any Ordinary Meeting, the 

 Members present shall appoint such Member as they shall think fit 

 to be Chairman. 



8. The Chairman of Council shall preside at the meetings of the 

 Council, and shall regulate the discussions and proceedings thereat. 

 In his absence the Members of the Council present shall appoint 

 such Member of the Council as they think fit to be Chairman. 



9. In case of an equality of votes at meetings of the Association, 

 or of the Council, the Member presiding shall have a second or 

 casting vote. 



10. It shall be the duty of the Hon. Treasurer to receive all sums 

 of money due to the Association, and to disburse all sums payable 

 by the Association out of the funds in his hands. 



11. No payment exceeding £15 (except for rent, taxes, or wages) 

 shall be made by the Hon. Treasurer without the consent of the 

 Council. 



12. The Accounts of the Hon. Treasurer shall be audited previous 

 to each Annual Meeting by a Committee of two Members of the 

 Council and two Members of the Association, to be appointed by 

 the Council at the last Council Meeting in the session, of which 

 Committee three shall be a quorum. 



DIRECTOR. 



13. A Director of the Laboratory, who shall also act as Assistant 

 Secretary of the Association, shall be elected by the Council at such 

 a salary as shall from time to time be determined. 



14. It shall be the duty of the Director to maintain the labora- 

 tories, aquarium, and library, and other property of the Association, 

 in a state of efiiciency ; to superintend and direct the scientific work 

 at the laboratories ; to prepare and edit the Journal of the Associa- 

 tion j to keep a list of all the Members of the Association, together 

 with their addresses ; to summon meetings of the Association and 

 the Council ; to conduct all correspondence ; to take minutes of the 

 proceedings of the Association and the Council, and generally to act 

 under the direction of the Council in all matters connected with the 

 affairs of the Association. 



15. The Council may employ an Assistant to the Director, who 

 shall receive such remuneration and shall be subject to such direc- 

 tions as they shall from time to time determine. 



