XXU BY-LAWS. 



Chap. XIX. Meetings of the Society. 



1 . The Ordinary General Meetings of the Society shall he held 

 on the first Monday in every month in the year, beginning at eight 

 o'clock precisely in the evening, or at such other time as the Council 

 shall direct. 



2. At the Ordinary Meetings the order of business shall be as 

 follows. 



3. The names of the Visitors allowed to be present at the Meeting 

 shall be read aloud by the Chairman. 



4. The Minutes of the last Meeting shall be read aloud by the 

 Secretary, and proposed for confirmation by the Meeting, and signed 

 by the Chairman. 



5. The Presents made to the Society since their last Meeting shall 

 be announced and exhibited. 



6. Certificates in favour of Candidates for admission into the So- 

 ciety shall be read or submitted to ballot. 



7. Members shall sign their names in the Obligation Book, and 

 be admitted. 



8. The President shall have a discretionary power as to the 

 Papers to be read at the Meetings of the Society ; and the Se- 

 cretary, assisted by the President and any Member or Members of 

 the Council, shall determine as to the priority in which such papers 

 shall be read, and propriety of omitting any portion of the same. 



9. All Memoirs which shall be read at any General Meeting of 

 the Society shall become the property of the Society, unless other- 

 wise stipulated for previous to the perusal thereof*. 



10. Entomological communications shall be announced and read 

 either by the Author or the Secretary. When the other business 

 has been com^^leted, the persons present shall be invited by the 

 Chairman to make their observations on the communications which 

 have been read, and on the specimens or draAvings which have been 

 exhibited at the Meeting. 



11. No Motion relating to the government of the Society, its 

 By-Laws, the management of its concerns, or the election, appoint- 

 ment or removal of its Officers, shall be made at any Ordinary 

 Meeting. 



* This Clause was adopted at the General Meeting of the 5th of May 1S34. 



