RULES 9 
g. That the Officers of this Society consist of a President, 
Vice-President, a Secretary, and Treasurer, who, with the 
Presidents 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. 
1x. That in the absence of the President, the Vice-President 
. shall 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 of 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 two Auditors, to be appointed at the last meeting 
of each year, shall 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 arrange- 
ments 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 
shall 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. 
