BYE-LAWS. Xl 
after such vacancy has been made known, the Council shall 
elect some Fellow to fill the vacancy till the Annual Meeting. 
CuHap. VI. President. 
1. The duty of the President shall be to preside at the 
Meetings of the Society and Council, and regulate all the 
discussions and proceedings therein, and to execute or see to 
the execution of the Bye-Laws and orders of the Society. 
2. In case of an equality of Votes the President shall have 
a double or casting Vote. 
Cuap. VII. Vice-Presidents. 
1. The Vice-Presidents shall be nominated by the Presi- 
dent. Such nomination shall be declared at the Ordinary 
Meeting next after the election of the President in every 
year. 
2. In the absence of the President a Vice-President shall 
fill his place, and shall for the time being have all the 
authority, power, and privilege of the President. 
3. In the absence of all the Vice-Presidents a Member of 
the Council shall preside ; and if no Member of the Council 
be present at an Ordinary Meeting, the Fellows present shall 
appoint by a majority to be Chairman such Fellow as they 
shall think fit; and the Member of Council so presiding, or 
the Fellow so appointed, shall for the time being have all the 
authority, power and privilege of the President. 
Cuap. VIII. Treasurer. 
1. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to demand and 
receive for the use of the Society all sums of money due or 
payable to the Society, and to disburse all sums payable by 
the Society out of the Funds in his hands. 
2. No payment exceeding £5, excepting for rent or taxes, 
shall be made by the Treasurer without the consent of the 
Council. 
3. The Treasurer shall keep a book of Cheque Receipts for 
admission fees and annual payments; each Receipt shall be 
signed by himself, the date of payment and name of the 
