Charter of the Linnean Society. v 



when formed and elected, in Manner aforesaid, Three fit and ,he Ycar ">- 



suing. 



proper Persons, one of such Persons to be President, another of 

 such Persons to be Treasurer, and the other of such Persons to 

 be Secretary of the said Society, for the Year ensuing ; And also, Vacancies in 

 in like Manner, shall and may, in case of the Death of any of the &c. occasion- 

 Members of the Council, or of the President, Treasurer, or u> be filled op 

 Secretary, for the Time being, within the Space of Three Months m^"* 

 next after such Death or Deaths, in like Manner, elect other dis- 

 creet Persons, being Fellows of the said Society, to supply the 

 Places and Offices of such Members of the said Council, or of 

 the President, Treasurer, or Secretary, so dying : And also shall Fellows to ap- 



*" J ° point such 



and may appoint such other Persons to be Officers of the said other officers 



c . . , -* T . . as tnev may 



Society for the lear ensuing, as they may think proper and think "fit. 

 necessarv, for the transacting and managing the Business thereof. 

 And it is Our further AVill and Pleasure, that, so soon after the The President 

 Elections aforesaid as conveniently may be, the Person who shall appoint Four 

 at any time hereafter be elected to be President of the said Society, dents. 

 in Manner aforesaid, may and shall nominate and appoint Four 

 Persons, being Members of the said Council, to be Vice-Presi- 

 dents of the said Society for the Year ensuing. And We do further Powei ofeiect- 

 declare and grant, that, from and after the said Twenty -fourth moving Mem- 

 Day of May, now next ensuing, the Fellows of the said Society, 24th of May 

 or any Eleven or more of them, shall and may have Power, fromth*Fenows,' n 

 Time to Time, at the General Meetings of the said Societ}-, to bemore'ofthem. 

 held at the usual Place of Meeting of the said Society, or at such 

 other Place as shall have been in that Behalf appointed, by and 

 with the Consent of the said Society as hereinafter mentioned, to 

 elect such Persons to be Fellows, Honorary Members, Foreign 

 Members, and Associates of the said Society, and all Fellows, 

 Honorary Members, Foreign Members, and Associates, to remove 

 from the said Society as they shall think fit: And that the Council 



hereby 



