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V. Bye-Laws (Council Meetings). 



1. The Council shall meet at least once every month from 

 November to June inclusive, or at any other time and on such days 

 as they may deem expedient. The President, or any three Members 

 of the Council, may at any time call a special Meeting, to which the 

 whole Council shall be summoned. 



2. At Council Meetings three shall be a quorum ; the decision of 

 the majority shall be considered as the decision of the Meeting, and 

 the Chairman shall have a casting vote. 



3. Minutes of the proceedings shall be taken by one of the Secre- 

 taries, or, in case of his absence, by some other Member present, 

 whom the Chairman may appoint ; which Minutes shall afterwards 

 be entered in a minute-book kept for that purpose, and read at the 

 next Meeting of the Council, when, if found correct, thej^ shall be 

 signed by the Chairman. 



§ VI. Bye-Laws (Papers). 



1. Papers presented to be read before the Society shall, when 

 read, be considered as the property of the Society, unless there shall 

 have been any previous engagement with its author to the contrary ; 

 and the Council may cause the same to be published in any way 

 and at any time they may think proper after having been read. If 

 a Paper be not read, it shall be returned to the author ; and, if a 

 Paper be not published within a reasonable time after having been 

 read, the author shall be entitled himself to publish it, and he may 

 borrow it for that purpose. 



2. When a Paper is sent to the Society for the purpose of being 

 read, it shall be laid before the Council, who shall refer it to two 

 of that body, or of the other Members or Associates of the Society 

 whom they may select, for their opinions as to the character of the 

 Paper and its fitness or otherwise for being read before the Society, 

 which they shall state as bi-iefly as may be, in writing, along with 

 the grounds of their respective opinions. Should one of such 

 opinions be adverse to the Paper and against its being read before 

 the Society, then it shall be referred to some other referee, who is 

 unaware of the opinion already pronounced upon the Paper, in order 

 that he may state his opinion upon it in like manner. Should this 

 opinion be adverse to the Paper, the Council shall then consult and 



