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490. The President, Council, and Fellows, or any thirty-one or more 

 of them (of whom the President or his Deputy to be one), or 

 the major part of such thirty-one or more, may upon every 

 St. Andrew's Day, annually, elect one of the Council to be 

 their President, who shall continue so, (if not dead or 

 amoved,) till the next St. Andrew's Day, and till another 

 shall be elected ; having first been sworn in before the 

 Council, or any seven or more of them. 



500. On the Death or Amotion of a President, or if he quit, the 

 Council or any eleven or more of them may meet to choose 

 a President out of the Council : and the Person chosen by 

 them, or the major part of them, being sworn, shall hold 

 during the Residue of the Year, and until another shall be 

 elected and sworn. 



500. On the Death, Amotion, or quitting of any of the Council, (who 



are hereby made amoveable by the President and Council 

 for sufficient Cause,) the President, Council, and Fellows, or 

 any twenty-one or more of them (of whom, &c.), or the 

 major part of such twenty-one or more, may supply the 

 Vacancy from amongst the Fellows : And the Person or 

 Persons elected shall hold, (being first sworn,) till the next 

 St. Andrew's Day, and until another or others shall be 

 elected. 



501. On St. Andrew's Day, Ten of the Council (but no more) are to 



be changed by the President, Council, and Fellows, or any 

 thirty-one or more of them (of whom the President or his 

 Deputy always to be one,) or the major part of such thirty- 

 one or more. 



501. The President may appoint One out of the Council to be his 



Deputy; who may act as such in his Absence, unless the 

 President make some other Deputy out of the Council. 



502. The Deputy may, in the Absence of the President, do all Acts 



that he himself could do if present ; but he must first be 

 sworn before the Council, or seven or more of them. 



502. The Society may have a Treasurer, two Secretaries, two or more 



Curators of Experiments, one Clerk or more, and two 

 Sergeants at Mace to attend upon the President. All these 

 are to be chosen and named by the President, Council, and 

 Fellows, or any thirty-one or more of them (of whom the 

 President or his Deputy to be one,) or by the major Part of 

 such Thirty-one or more ; And they must be sworn before 

 the President or his Deputy, and the Council, or any seven 

 or more of them. 



503. The first Treasurer named ; and also the two first Secretaries. 



