480 Presidentship of Sir William Huggins 1901 



who shall be Members ex-officio, viz. : the President, the Treasurer, 

 the two Secretaries, and the Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society ; 

 and the Astronomer Royal ; and also of the Honorary Members. 

 Upon any Fellow becoming entitled, from his official position in 

 the Royal Society, to be a Member of this Club, the Treasurers of 

 the Club be instructed to ask him, whether it be his intention to 

 take advantage of such privilege, and to become permanently a 

 Subscribing Member. 



II. The President of the Royal Society on joining the Club shall 

 be its President. Three Treasurers shall be elected by ballot at each 

 Anniversary. No Treasurer shall hold office continuously for more 

 than three years, the Senior Treasurers shall retire each year, but 

 a retiring Treasurer shall be re-eligible for election after the space 

 of one year. The Treasurers shall order and arrange the time and 

 place of meeting of the Club, and summon Special Meetings when 

 deemed necessary. They shall receive the subscription of Members, 

 and keep the accounts of the Club ; they shall prepare and issue 

 all notices, regulate the dinners, and the Senior Treasurer present 

 shall act as Vice-Chairman. It shall also be the duty of the Trea- 

 surers to keep a register of all Meetings of the Club, and make a 

 minute of all resolutions which may be adopted. 



III. The Anniversary Meeting at which the Annual Election of 

 Officers and Members shall take place shall be held on the Thursday in 

 the week on which the Royal Society Meetings close for the Vacation. 



IV. At the Meetings the chair shall be taken by the President 

 of the Club. If he should not be present the senior Member of the 

 Club shall preside. It shall be the duty of the Chairman to regulate 

 and control all ballots and discussions in the Club, and to bring 

 forward, or to invite Members of the Club to bring forward, any 

 correspondence or scientific subject worthy of consideration. 



V. Candidates for election shall be proposed, in writing, by three 

 Members. The proposal shall be transmitted to one of the Treasurers 

 of the Club, and read at the next Meeting. 



VI. The mode of election of Members shall be as follows, viz. : 

 the President having declared the number of vacancies, each Mem- 

 ber, being supplied with a list of Candidates, shall write on a slip 

 of paper the names of those he desires to vote for, which shall be 

 read out by the President. 



VII. No person shall be deemed elected as a Member, unless 

 he shall have at least three-fourths of the Votes of those present 

 in his favour. At the Anniversary Meeting sixteen Members shall 

 form a quorum. 



VIII. Any Member who has not attended the Club at least once 

 in any year shall be reminded of the circumstance, and if in the 

 course of the succeeding year he do not once attend, he shall no 



