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Article XLV. — Nothing relative to tlie regulations, management, or 

 pecuniary affairs of the Society shall be introduced and discussed at Gene- 

 ral Meetings, unless the meeting shall have been declared special, in the 

 manner hereinafter provided. 



Article XL VI. — Every member of the Society has the privilege of intro- 

 ducing one or two visitors, at any General Meeting ; but no stranger shaU 

 be permitted to be present, unless so introduced, and approved by the 



Meeting. 



Article XLVII. — The election of a new Member may take place at 

 any General Meeting. Wlien he has paid his admission fee, and sub- 

 scribed the Obligation-book, the President, or whoever fills the chair, 

 standing up, shall take him by the hand, and say : " In the 7iame and by 

 the authority of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, I 

 admit you a member thereof." 



Article XLVIII. — The Obligation-book is intended to form a record, 

 on the part of the members (by means of the signature of their names, in 

 their own hand-writing), of tiicir having entered into the Society, with 

 an engagement (distinctly expressed, at the head of the page on which 

 their names are signed), that they will promote the interests and welfare of 

 the Society, and submit to its Regulations and Statutes. 



Article XLIX. — The Council may at any time call a Special Meeting of 

 the Society, to consider and determine any matter of interest that may 

 arise ; to pass, abrogate, or amend regulations, and to fill up the vacancy 

 of any office, occasioned by death or resignation. 



Article L. — Such Special Meetings shall also be convened by the Coun- 

 cil, on the written requisition of Five Members of the Society, setting forth 

 the proposal to be made, or the subject to be discussed. 



Article LI ^Notice of Special Meetings shall be given to every member, 



residing within the limits of the Three-penny post ; apprising him of the 

 time of the meeting, and of the business which is to be submitted to its 

 consideration. No other business shall be brought forward, besides that 

 which has been so notified. 



