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6. Honorary members may be elected by the Club at any 

 meeting, upon the unanimous recommendation of the Council. 



7. The Council 



Has the general management of the Club's affairs, and regulates 

 and decides all matters not specifically provided for in these rules. 

 It consists of a President, four Vice-presidents (including the last 

 two occupants of the Presidential chair), one or more Secretaries, 

 a Treasurer, and six other members; five of whom form a quorum. 

 They may appoint out of their number any committees they think 

 proper. 



8. They may, in case of emergency, suspend the operation of 

 any rule, but their action in this respect must be confirmed 

 by a subsequent meeting of the Club. 



9. All members of the Council are eligible for re-election, 

 save that the President shall not occupy that office for more than 

 two years in immediate succession. 



Meetings. 



10. The Ordinary Meetings of the Club are held weekly, with 

 such variations as the Council may direct, on such days and at 

 such hour and place as the Council shall fix. Special meetings 

 are convened by circular under the direction of the Council. 



11. The sessions of the Club extend from the 1st of February 

 to the first week in December inclusive. The first portion of each 

 evening is devoted to short papers, demonstrations, and (when 

 appointed) sectional meetings ; after which opportunity is given 

 for the exhibition of specimens, &c., and, after the chairman has 

 left the chair, general conversation. 



12. The Annual Meeting 



Is the last meeting of the session. The annual report of the 

 outgoing Council is then read, and the Treasurer's accounts are 

 submitted to the members, and the Council and officers for the 

 ensuing year are elected. The Treasurer's accounts shall have 

 been previously audited by two members appointed by the Club 

 at some previous meeting. 



13. The outgoing Council submits to the meeting the names of 

 members whom they deem most suitable to form the new Council ; 



