xviii Bye-Lazes of the Linnean Society. 



shall, in his Presence, immediately put such List or Lists into 

 the respective Glasses ; and the Name of each Fellow who shall 

 so deliver in his List or Lists shall be marked on a printed List of 

 the Fellows, by the Secretary, or by the Person officiating in his 

 stead. 



VI. When the Ballot for the Council shall have been closed, 

 the President or Vice-President in the Chair shall appoint Three 

 Scrutineers, not Members of the Council, to examine the Lists, 

 and report the Result of the Ballot : One of those Scrutineers shall 

 open and read aloud each List deposited in the Balloting-Glass, 

 and file it, while the other Two Scrutineers shall mark the 

 Names; and when all the Lists shall be drawn and read, the 

 Scrutineers shall cast up the Number of the Votes for each 

 Person, whether to be removed from or elected into the Council, 

 and shall report the same to the President or Vice-President in 

 the Chair, Avho shall then declare the Five Persons for whose 

 Removal from the Council there shall be the Majority of Votes, 

 to be removed accordingly ; and the Five Persons for whose Elec- 

 tion there shall be a Majority of Votes, to be elected Members of 

 the Council for the ensuing Year accordingly. 



VII. When the Members of the Council for the ensuing Year 

 shall have been declared, and not before, the President or Vice- 

 President in the Chair shall appoint the same or Three other 

 Scrutineers, not being Members of the Council, to examine the 

 Lists and report the Result of the Ballot for President, Treasurer, 

 and Secretary ; and such Examination and Report being made 

 agreeably to the Directions contained in the preceding Section 

 respecting the Council, the President or Vice-President in the Chair 

 shall declare those who have the Majority of Votes to be the 

 Persons elected to the respective Offices. 



VIII. If any List should contain more than the proper Number 



of 



