By-Laws and Rules. it 
RULES. 
I. In the absence of any Officer at a Stated Meeting a 
Fellow shall be chosen to perform his duties pro tempore by a 
plurality of viva voce votes, upon open nomination. 
II. The order of business at Stated Meetings shall be as 
follows :— 
First Day’s Sessions. 
The first session of each Stated Meeting shall be a meeting 
of the Fellows, for the election of Fellows, and the amendment 
of By-Laws. 
The second session of each Stated Meeting shall be the 
annual business session, for the reception of the reports of the 
Secretary and Treasurer, the election of officers and members, 
and action on business reported from the Council, or such other 
business as may be brought before it, to which session only 
Fellows and Members shall be admitted. When not otherwise 
ordered, the annual business session shall be held on the day 
preceding the first public session. 
1. Chair taken by the President, or, in his absence, by one 
of the Vice-Presidents. 
2. Roll-call of Fellows and Members by the Secretary. 
3. Reading and approval of the minutes of the previous 
meeting. 
4. Selection of time and place of next Stated Meeting. 
5. Report of the Secretary. 
6. Report of the Treasurer. 
7. Report of the Council, including nominations for mem- 
bership and other business or recommendations. 
8. Election of Officers for the ensuing year. 
g. Election of members. 
a. Honorary Fellows. 
6b. Corresponding Fellows. 
c. Members. 
d. Associates. 
10. Action on business reported from the Council. 
