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9. No new member shall be entitled to any of the privileges of the 
Society until the Subscription for the current year shall have been paid. 
10. Each member shall have the right of being present, and to 
vote, at all general meetings of the Society, and to propose candidates 
for membership. Each member shall also have the privilege of intro- 
ducing two visitors to the ordinary and field meetings of the Society. 
11. No member shall have the right of voting or be entitled to 
any of the advantages of the Society if his, or her, subscriptions shall 
be twelve months in arrears. If any member’s subscription shall be in 
arrears for two years the Council shall have the power, in their discretion, 
to remove his or her name from the list of members. 
12. The Annual General Meeting shall be held in January for the 
election, or re-election, of Officers for the year ensuing, to receive the 
Reports, and to transact any other business. 
13. The Ordinary Meetings of the Society shall be held on the first 
Friday in the months of November, December, January, February, 
March, April, and May, or at such other date, and at such place, as may 
be determined by the Council. 
14. At the written request to the Secretary of not less than ten 
members a Special Meeting may be summoned, and no other business 
may be transacted but that which was stated on the notice convening the 
meeting. ‘Ten days notice in writing shall be given by the Secretary to 
each member of the Society; such notice to contain a copy of the 
requisition. 
15. The telescope, and any instruments, books, slides, etc., in the 
possession of the Society shall be made available for members’ use under 
such regulations as the Council may direct. 
16. The Council shall have the power to recommend to the 
members any gentleman or lady, 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. 
17. Separate Sections of the Society may be formed, at the 
discretion of the Council, for the purpose of carrying on work in 
particular branches of Science. The Honorary Secretary of each Section 
shall be an ex officio member of the Council and Executive Committee. 
18. No alteration or addition to these Rules shall be made except at 
the Annual General Meeting, or at a meeting specially convened for the 
purpose. Notice of any such proposed alteration shall be given to the 
Secretary at least fourteen days before the Annual Meeting. 
