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Day following. And each Anniversary Meeting shall also be 

 advertised in Two or more of the public Newspapers, at least One 

 Week before the same take place. 



II. The Council for the Time being shall, before the Day 

 of Election, cause to be prepared a sufficient Number of print- 

 ed Balloting-Lists, according to the annexed Forms ; One of 

 which (No. I.) is to contain the Names of such Persons as they 

 shall recommend to be removed from and elected into the 

 Council, and the other (No. II.) to contain the Names of such 

 Persons as they shall recommend to fill the Offices of President, 

 Treasurer, and Secretary, for the ensuing Year. 



III. On the Day of Election the President, or in his Absence 

 the senior Vice-President present, shall take the Chair precisely 

 at One o'Clock, P M. and shall immediately open the Business 

 of the Day; Two Balloting-Glasses being placed before the Chair. 

 One of those Glasses shall remain open for receiving Lists for the 

 Council until Half past Two o'Clock, and the other Glass shall 

 remain open for receiving Lists for the Officers until Three 

 o'Clock, Pi M., at which respective Times the Ballots shall be 

 closed. 



IV. Balloting-Lists shall be delivered to every Fellow who 

 shall apply for them ; and if any Fellow should not approve of 

 the Persons therein named, but be desirous of giving his Vote for 

 some other Person or Persons, he will strike his Pen across the 

 printed Name or Names of the Person or Persons of whom he may 

 disapprove, and will write over against such printed Name or 

 Names on the blank Side left and prepared for that Purpose, the 

 Name or Names of the other Person or Persons for whom he 

 may be desirous to give his Vote. 



V. Each Fellow voting shall deliver his Balloting-List or Lists, 

 folded up, to the President or Vice-President in the Chair, who 



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