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Treasurer, who shall be elected annually at the Onlinary 

 Meeting in Xovember. If a Xon-Kesident Fellow be elected 

 an OtMce-Bearer, he must become a Resident Fellow, in con- 

 formity with Section III., Law 3. 



2. The Council shall annually prepare a list of Fellows 

 whom they propose to nominate as Otfice-Bearers for the 

 ensuing year. This list shall be printed and put into the 

 hands of Fellows along with the Billet of the November 

 Meeting; and Fellows shall vote by putting these lists into 

 the ballot-box, with any alterations they may think proper to 

 make. The lists shall not be signed. Every Fellow present at 

 the Meeting is entitled to vote. 



3. All the Office-Bearers may be re-elected, except the two 

 senior Vice-Presidents and the three senior Councillors, who 

 shall not be re-eligible to the same offices till after the interval 

 of one year. 



4. These Office-Bearers shall form the Council for the 

 general direction of the affairs of the Society. Three to be a 

 quorum. 



5. The Council shall nominate annually an Auditor and an 

 Artist, to be recommended to the Society. 



G. The Council shall appoint annually at the December 

 Meeting five of their number, including the President and 

 Honorary Secretary, to superintend the printing of the 

 Transactions of the Society. 



7. The Council may at any time be called upon by the 

 President, Vice-Presidents, or Secretaries, to meet with them 

 for the transaction of private business. 



8. The Council shall hold a Meeting for business on the 

 second Tuesday before each General Meeting. 



Chapter VI. — The President and Vice-Presidents. 



1. It shall be the duty of the President and Vice-Presidents 

 when in the chair, and of the Chairman in their absence, to 

 conduct the business of the Society according to the order of 

 the business laid down in Chapter II., Law 4, and to attend 

 carefully to the enforcement of the Laws of the Society, and to 

 signing the Minutes. The Chairman shall have a vote and a 

 castiuij vote. 



Chapter VII. — The Secretaries. 

 1. The Honorary Secretary, with the aid of the Assistant- 

 Secretary, shall give intimation of all General and Committee 

 Meetings, shall ^linute their proceedings in Books to be kept for 

 the purpose, and shall conduct all the Society's Correspondence 

 in Britain. He shall also take charge of all Donations of Plants 

 and Books, and shall see them deposited in the Herbarium and 

 Library, in conformity with any arrangements made by the 

 Societv with Government. 



