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BY-LAWS. 



Chap. XVII. Honorary Members. 



1 . Every person proposed as an Honorary Member shall be re- 

 commended by the Council, and be balloted for, and elected, and 

 be liable to be removed in the like form and manner, and be sub- 

 ject to the same rules and restrictions, as an Ordinary Member. 



2. Honorary Members shall be exempted from the payment of 

 Fee.; and Contributions ; and shall possess all the privileges of 

 Ordinary Members. 



3. No resident in Great Britain can be an Honorary Member, 

 except William Spence, Esq., F.R.S. 



Chap. XVIII. Meetings of the Society. 



1. The Ordinary General Meetings of the Society shall be held 

 on the first Monday in each 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. 



1. The names of the Visitors allowed to be present at the 



Meeting shall be read aloud by the Chairman. 



2. The Minutes of the last Meeting shall be read aloud by 



one of the Secretaries, and proposed for confirmation by 

 the Meeting, and signed by the Chairman. 



3. The Presents made to the Society since their last Meeting 



shall be announced and exhibited. 



4. Certificates in favour of Candidates for admission into the 



Society shall be read or submitted to ballot. 



5. Members and subscribers shall sign their names in the Obli- 



gation Book, and be admitted. 



6. Exhibitions of specimens, &c. shall be made. 



7. Entomological communications shall be announced and read 



either by the Author or one of the Secretaries. When the 

 other business has been completed, the persons present 

 shall be invited by the Chairman to make their observa- 

 tions on the communications which have been read, and on 

 the specimens or drawings which have been exhibited at 

 the Meeting. 



3. The President shall have a discretionary power as to the 

 Papers to be read at the Meetings of the Society ; and the Secre- 

 taries, 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. 



