372 Literary and Philosophical Society. 



context may require) such of the members of the 

 council as are present at a meeting thereof, or (as 

 to the decision of any question, or the exercise of 

 any power, which the council are by these presents 

 or the statutes enabled to exercise), the majority 

 of those members of the council who shall be 

 present at a meeting thereof, such majority being 

 a majority in number of votes according to the 

 provisions of these presents, with respect to the 

 votes of the chairman and members of council 

 present at a meeting thereof. 



* Office ' means the registered office from time to 

 time of the Society. 



' Month ' means calendar month. 



Words importing the singular number only shall 

 include the plural number, except where such 

 meaning shall be repugnant to the context. 



'Words importing the plural number only shall 

 include the singular number, except where such 

 meaning shall be repugnant to the context. 



Words importing the masculine gender only shall 

 include the feminine gender. 



3. For the purposes of registration, the number of the 

 ordinary members of the Society is declared not to exceed 

 two hundred. 



4. The Society is established for the purposes ex- 

 pressed in its ' Memorandum of Association,' and its 

 business and affairs and property shall be carried on, 

 conducted, and managed by or under the direction of the 

 council, subject only to such control as is by these pre- 

 sents reserved to or vested in general meetings of the 

 Society. 



