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be given to the Government. If the vacancy be that of an elective 

 Member, the provisional Member shall at once succeed thereto, and the 

 election of a new provisional Member be proceeded with under 

 Rule 19. 



22. One month's notice of an election shall be given, and, with the 

 voting papers to be furnished to the electors, the Committee shall 

 submit the names of any gentlemen resident on the Nilgiris, 

 whom they may see occasion to recommend, the majority of votes 

 determining the election. In the event of an equality of votes in 

 favor of any two or more candidates, the decision between them shall 

 rest with the Committee. The notice of the election of new Members 

 to the Committee shall also be published in the Fort St. George 

 Qazetie. 



The Committee are empowered to frame such bye-laws as they may 

 consider necessary for the despatch of business. They shall hold a 

 Meeting- regularly once a month on a day to be fixed by them. 

 Four Members shall form a quorum. 



24. Any thx'ee Members shall have the power of convening an 

 Extraordinary Meeting of the Committee, giving the Secretary one 

 week's notice of the same. 



25. The Committee shall at each monthly Meeting appoint two of 

 their Members to visit the Institution officially and to report their 

 impressions at the next ensuing Meeting. Every department of the 

 Institution shall be accessible to these visitors. 



26. The Committee shall be at liberty to appoint, from time to time, 

 two lady visitors, who shall be requested to visit the female branch 

 once a month, or oftener if thought desirable, and to enter any 

 remarks they may have to make in a book to be kept for the purpose, 

 which, after each visit, is to be forwarded to the Secretary. 



27. That Rupees 1,000 a year be paid to the Medical Officer in 

 charge of the Asylum, and that he be required to pay a daily visit to 

 each Institution and to make a weekly inspection of every thing 

 affecting the health of the inmates, making a special report on such 

 occasion ; and with such arrangements the services of a simple Dresser 

 will be sufficient for the duties to be performed with reference to those 

 who may be sick. 



28. The Principal of the Asylum shall invai'iably be a Clergyman 

 of the Church of England, his appointment being subject to the 

 approval of the Governor of Madras in Council. The appointments 

 to all other offices in the Institutions shall be at the disposal of the 

 Committee. 



29. The Principal is in superior charge of the Institution in both 

 its branches. He will be responsible for the general direction of the 

 education and discipline and for the regulation of the int-ex'ior economy 

 of every department. As Principal he will hold periodical examina- 

 tions of the classes both in their religious and secular studies ; as 

 Chaplain he has pastoral charge of the Institution ; as Seci'etary he 

 is the executive officer of the Committee. He will also take charge 

 of the accounts. In communication with the Committee, or such 



