XX BY-LAWS. 



Chap. XII. Election and Admission of Members. 



1. Every Candidate for admission as a Member of the Society 

 shall be proposed by three or more Members, who must sign a Cer- 

 tificate in recommendation of him. 



.2. One of the three must have personal knowledge of the Candi- 

 date. 



3. The Certificate shall specify the name, rank, profession, quali- 

 fications, and usual place of residence of the Candidate. 



4. The Certificate having been read at one of the Ordinary Meet- 

 ings, shall be suspended in the Room, and the person therein recom- 

 mended shall be balloted for at the second Ordinary Meeting after 

 such reading. 



Chap. XIII. The Election of Members. 



The method of voting for the election of Members is by Ballot, 

 and two thirds of the Members balloting shall elect. 



Chap. XIV. Admission Fee. 



1. The Admission Fee shall be £2 2s., the Annual Contribution 

 £1 \s. ; and the composition in lieu of the Annual Contribution 

 £10 105. 



2. The Annual Contribution shall become due on the first day of 

 January in every year in advance ; but any Member elected after the 

 30th of September will not be called upon for his subscription for 

 the remaining portion of that year. 



Chap. XV. Withdrawing and Removal of Members. 



1 . Every Member having paid all fees due to the Society shall be 

 at liberty to withdraw therefrom upon giving notice in writing to 

 the Secretary. 



2. Whenever written notice of a Motion to be submitted to a 

 General Meeting for removing any Member from the Society, signed 

 by the Chairman for the time being of the Council, on the part of 

 the Council, or by any five or more Members, shall have been de- 

 livered to the Secretary, such notice shall be read from the Chair at 

 the four successive Ordinary General Meetings next following the 

 delivery thereof; and within fourteen days after the last of such 

 Meetings, a Special General Meeting shall be called for taking such 

 Motion into consideration, and deciding it by method of Ballot ; 

 whereat if eleven or more Members shall ballot, and a majority of 



