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Section 3 gave rise to several questions and considerable 

 discussion. Mr. Doxisthorpe raised the question whether it 

 would be legally possible to raise the subscription of Fellows 

 already elected, and the Treasurer replied that legal opinion 

 had been taken, and that it was permissible, the Charter 

 giving power to the Society to alter any bye-laws. Mr. Lloyd 

 pointed out that the wording of the section might be held to 

 include those who had already paid a life composition. It 

 was explained that their position was unassailable, but 

 eventually it was proposed by Mr. Lloyd, seconded by Mr. 

 SiMES, and carried, that the words " Except in the case of 

 those who have already compounded " be added at the be- 

 ginning of the section. A long discussion took place as to 

 the position of those who continued to pay a guinea sub- 

 scription, and Mr. Main proposed and Mr. Turxer seconded 

 an amendment that the word " Transactions " be substituted 

 for " Publications." This was carried by 24 votes to 20, 

 and the section with both amendments was then carried on 

 the motion of Mr. Bethune-Baker, seconded by Mr. S. 

 Edwards. 



[The general efiect of the new Bye-law will be that all 

 Fellows, wherever residing, elected after January 1921 will 

 pay an entrance-fee of three guineas, that life compositions 

 (apart from those already effected) are abolished, and that the 

 usual subscription for all Fellows will be two guineas, but that 

 Fellows elected before January 1921 have the option of con- 

 tinuing to pay one guinea, receiving only the Proceedings and 

 not the Transactions of the Society.] 



Chap. XIV. Withdrawal and Removal of Fellous. 



3. In the month of November in each year the Council 

 shall cause to be suspended in the Library of the Society a 

 list of the Fellows who owe more than two Annual Contri- 

 butions. If the Contribution due from any Fellow named in the 

 said list shall not have been paid within three months after 

 the first suspension of the list, the Council may remove such 

 Fellow from the Society, but notwithstanding such removal 

 any Fellow so removed shall continue liable to pay, and may 

 be sued for the recovery of any money due from him to the 



