xxxviii LaiDH of the Society. 



CHAPTER V. 



OFFICE-BEARERS. 



1. The Office-Bearors of the Society may be chosen fruni the 

 Resident or Non-Eesident Fellows, and they shall consist of a 

 President, four Vice-Presidents, ten Councillors, an Honorary 

 Secretary, an Assistant-Secretary, a Foreign Secretary, and a Trea- 

 suBer, who shall be elected annually, at the Ordinary Meeting in 

 December. If a Non- Resident Fellow be elected an Office-Bearer, 

 lie must become a Resident Fellow, in conformity with Section III. 

 Law 3. 



2. The Council shall annually prepare a list of Fellows whom 

 they propose to nominate as Office-Bearers for the ensuing year. 

 This list shall be printed and put into the hands of Fellows along 

 with the Billet of the December 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 tilljafter 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. 



6. The Council shall appoint annually at the January Meeting 

 five of their number, including the President and Honorary Secre- 

 tary, 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 transac- 

 tion 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 



