RULES. 9 
and Secretaries of the branches, shall constitute the Council of the 
Society, besides the Natural Science Masters, who shall be ex-officio 
Members of the Council. 
10.—That the duties of the President shall be to preside at 
Meetings, and act as general referee on all questions of order. 
11.—That in the absence of the President, the Vice-President 
siall preside, or, in his absence, a member of the Council. 
12.—That the duties of the Secretary shall be to give notice 
of Meetings of the Society and the Council, and to enter the 
minutes of Meetings in a book kept for that purpose, to collect 
subscriptions, and to give account of the same. 
13.—That the Treasurer’s accounts, after the approval and 
signature of the two Auditors, to be appointed at the last Meeting 
of each year, be laid on the table at the first Meeting of the 
succeeding year. 
14.—That the Officers constitute for the time being the 
Council of the Society, in which shall be vested all arrangements 
not provided for in these Rules. 
15.—That the Secretary have power by a vote of the majority 
of Members present, at a Special or Ordinary Meeting, to erase 
from the list of the Society any Member whose conduct should be 
adverse to the interests and objects of the Society. Fees and 
Subscriptions are in no case to be returned, but re-election of an 
ex-member to be permitted during the next term. 
16.—That the Members of the Society on leaving the College 
become corresponding Members. 
17.—That no alteration be made in these Rules except at a 
General Meeting at which 21 Members at least are present, and 
then only provided it is carried by a majority of two-thirds of those 
present. 
