vi Charter of the Linnean Society. 



The Council, hereby appointed, and the Council of the said Society for the Time 



or anv 5 or ' " , 



more of them, being, or any Five or more of them, all the Members thereof having 



been sum- been first duly summoned to attend the Meetings thereof, shall and 



powered to may have Power, according to the best of their Judgment and Dis- 



Uws, '' cietion, to make and establish such Bye- Laws as they shall deem 



useful and necessary for the Regulation of the said Society, and of 



the Estate, Goods, and Business thereof; and for fixing and 



determining the Times and Places of meeting of the said Society, 



and also the Times, Place, and Manner of electing, appointing, 



and removing all Fellows, Honorary Members, Foreign Members, 



and Associates, of the said Society, and all such subordinate 



Officers, Attendants, and Servants, as shall be deemed necessary 



or useful for the said Society ; And also for filling up, from Time 



to Time, any Vacancies which may happen by Death, Removal or 



otherwise, in any of the Offices or Appointments constituted or 



established for the Execution of the Business and Concerns of the 



said Society; and for regulating and ascertaining the Qualifications 



of Persons to become Fellows, Honorary Members, Foreign 



Members, and Associates, of the said Society respectively, and 



also the Sum and Sums of Money to be paid by them respectively, 



whether upon Admission or otherwise, towards carrying on the 



and to alter Purposes of the said Society ; And such Bye-Laws, from Time to 



La C ws^ ye Time, to vary, alter, or revoke, and make such new and other 



Bye-Laws as they shall think most useful and expedient, so that 



the same be not repugnant to these Presents, or to the Laws of 



this Our Realm: Provided that no Bye-Law hereafter to be made, 



but no Bve- ,/. i» T i • 1 i 11 i r 1 



Law, or Ai- or Alteration or Repeal of any Bye-Law which snail hereafter nave 

 be bindlngon been established by the said Council hereby appointed, or by the 

 until it shall Council for the Time being of the said Society, shall be considered 

 confirmed h y to have passed, and be binding on the said Society, until such 

 GeuemiMett- Bye-Law, or such Alteration or Repeal of any Bye-Law, shall have 



been 



