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members of the Committee shall be Regular members of the 

 Branch, and the officers shall be ex officio members of the Com- 

 mittee. 



4. Regular members of the Branch shall pay an annual 

 subscription of seven shillings and sixpence, due on the 1st of 

 January in each year. Of this subscription, five shillings shall 

 be forwarded by the Treasurer as the members' subscriptions 

 to the parent Association. The Entrance Fee to the parent 

 Association for each such member shall be defrayed by the 

 funds of the Branch. Regular members shall receive all 

 publications and share all other privileges of membership of 

 the parent Association. 



5. Associate members shall pay an annual subscription of 

 two shillings and sixpence, due on the 1st of January in each 

 year. They shall be entitled to receive any publications of the 

 Branch ; to attend all its meetings, except such as may be held 

 in conjunction with the parent Association; to vote upon all 

 private business, including the election of officers and resolu- 

 tions dealing with matters of local interest; but not upon any 

 question remitted to the Branch by the parent Association. 

 They will not be members of the parent Association, but they 

 may at any time become so by becoming Regular members of 

 the Branch. 



6. The Committee shall be entrusted with the general 

 administration of the affairs of the Branch, and, subject to 

 Rule 4 and to any special direction of a meeting of the Branch, 

 shall have control of its funds. 



7. The Committee shall meet as often as it may deem 

 necessary, upon due notice issued by the Secretaries to each 

 member, and at every such meeting five shall form a quorum. 



8. The Branch shall hold at least one meeting in the Winter 

 and one in the Summer every year, and as many others as the 

 Committee shall determine. The general annual meeting (at 

 which the officers shall be elected and the accounts of the 

 Branch submitted) shall be held in one of the first three months 

 of the year. 



9. The Officers and Committee shall be elected at the general 

 meeting, but vacancies occurring in the course of the year may 

 be filled up temporarily by the Committee. 



