BYE-LAWS. XV 



Chap. XVIII. Special Meeting. 



1. Upon the requisition of six or more Fellows, presented 

 to the President cand Council, a Special General Meeting of 

 the Society shall be convened ; a notice thereof shall be sent 

 to every Fellow whose last known residence shall be in the 

 United Kingdom, at least seven days before such Meeting 

 shall take place : and any motion to be submitted to such 

 Meeting which involves a substantive proposition and is not 

 of the nature of an amendment shall be stated at length in 

 such notice. 



2. No vote shall be taken at any Special Meeting unless 

 nine or more Fellows shall be present. 



Chap. XIX. Annual Meeting. 



1. The Annual Meeting of the Society shall be held on the 

 third Wednesday in January. 



2. The objects of the Meeting shall be to receive from the 

 Council, and hear read, their Annual Report on the general 

 concerns of the Society ; and to elect the Council and Officers 

 for the ensuing year. 



3. The Council for the time being shall annually cause to 

 be prepared a list which shall contain the names of such 

 Fellows being eligible as they shall recommend to fill the 

 offices of President, Treasurer, Secretaries, and Librarian for 

 the year ensuing ; and also the names of such Fellows as they 

 shall recommend to be re-elected, and of other Fellows to 

 be elected into the Council. The list shall include the names 

 of not less than twelve Fellows recommended as ordinary 

 members of the Council. 



4. The list prepared by the Council shall be read at the 

 Ordinary Meeting next but one before the Annual Meeting. 

 At the Ordinary Meeting preceding the Annual Meeting, the 

 names of other candidates to fill any of the offices, or to 

 serve as Members of the Council (each proposed and supported 

 by at least four properly qualified Fellows of the Society), , 

 shall be received. Nominations by post made by four pro- 

 perly qualified Fellows, and received prior to this Meeting, 

 shall also be accepted. These shall be added to the Council's 



