8 BY-LAWS. 



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 

 Society shall be read or submitted to ballot. 



7. Members and Subscribers shall sign their names in the Obli- 

 gation 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 Secre- 

 tary, 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 completed, 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 drawings 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. 



Chap. XIX. Special General Meeting. 

 Upon the requisition of any six or more Members, presented to 

 the President and Council, a Special General Meeting of the'Society 

 shall be convened, and any proposition to be submitted to such 

 Meeting shall be stated at length in the Notice to Members. 



