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11. — No member shall have the right of voting, or be entitled to any of 

 the advantages of the Society, if his subscription be six months in arrear. 



12. — The annual meeting shall be held on the fourth Wednesday in Feb- 

 ruary for the purpose of electing officers for the year ensuing, for receiving 

 the reports of the Council and Auditors, and for transacting any other 

 business. 



13. — Notice of the annual meeting shall be given at the preceding 

 ordinary meeting. 



14. — The ordinary meetings shall be held on the fourth Wednesday in 

 the months of October, November, January, March, April, and May, and 

 the third Wednesday in December, at such place as the Council may 

 determine. The chair shall be taken at 8 p.m., and the business of the 

 meeting being disposed of, the meeting shall resolve into a conversazione. 



15. — Field meetings may be held during the summer months at the 

 discretion of the Council; of these due notice, as respects time, place, 

 &c., shall be sent to each member. 



16. — Special meetings shall be called by the Secretaries immediately 

 upon receiving a requisition signed by not less than five members, snch 

 requisition to state the business to be transacted at the meeting. Fourteen 

 days' notice of such meeting shall be given in writing by the Secretaries 

 to each member of the Society, such notice to contain a copy of the 

 requisition, and no business but that of which notice is thus given shall 

 be transacted at such special meeting. 



17. — Members shall have the right of suggesting to the Council any 

 books to be purchased for the use of the Society. 



18. — All books in the possession of the Society shall be allowed to 

 circulate among the members, under such regulations as the Council may 

 deem necessai'y. 



19. — The microscopical objects and instruments in the possession of the 

 Society shall be made available for the use of the members, under such 

 regulations as the Council may determine ; and the books, objects, and 

 instruments shall be in the custody of one of the Secretaries. 



20. — The Council shall have power to recommend to the members any 

 gentleman not a member of the Society, who may have contributed 

 scientific papers or otherwise benefited the Society, to be elected an 

 honorary member ; such election to be by show of hands. 



21. — No alteration in the rules shall be made, except at the annual 

 meeting, or at a meeting specially convened for the purpose, and then by 

 a majority of not less than two-thirds of the members present, of which 

 latter meeting fourteen days' notice shall be given, and in either case 

 notice of the alterations proposed must be given at the previous meeting, 

 and also inserted in the circulars sent to the members. 



