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III. — Anw'versary General Meetings shall be lield for the 

 purpose of electing the Officers, of receiving the Report of the 

 Committee for the past year, and of transacting all other neces- 

 sary business, at such tinie and place as the Committee shall 

 appoint ; of which Meetings three weeks' notice shall be given 

 to the members. 



IY. — There shall also be a General Meeting fixed by the 

 Committee, for the purpose of receiving Reports, reading Papers, 

 and transacting business. All members shall have the privilege 

 of introducing one friend to the Anniversary and General Meet- 

 ings. 



V. — The Committee is empowered to call Special Meetings 

 of the Society, upon receiving a recjuisition signed by ten mem- 

 bers. Three weeks' notice of such Special Meeting, and its 

 object, shall be given to each member. 



VI. — The affairs of the Society shall be directed by the Com- 

 mittee (of which the Officers of the Society shall be ex-oßcio 

 members) which shall hold Monthly Meetings for receiving 

 Reports from the Secretaries and sub-Committees, and for trans- 

 acting other necessary business ; five of the Committee shall be 

 a quorum. Members may attend the Monthly Committee 

 Meetings, after the official business has been transacted. 



VII. — The Chairman, at Meetings of the Society, shall have 

 a casting vote, in addition to his vote as a member. 



VIII. — One (at least) of the Secretaries shall attend each 

 Meeting, and shall keep a record of its proceedings. All Manu- 

 scripts and Communications, and the other property of the 

 Society, shall be under the charge of the Secretaries. 



IX. — Candidates for admission as members shall be pro- 

 posed by two members at any of the General or Committee 

 Meetings, and the election shall be determined by ballot at the 

 next Committee or General Meeting ; three-fourths of the mem- 

 bers present balloting shall elect. The rules of the Society 

 shall be subscribed by every person becoming a member. 



X. — Ladies shall be eligible as members of the Society 

 without ballot, being proposed by two members, and approved 

 by the majority of the Meeting. 



XI.— -Each member shall pay ten Shillings ob admission to 



