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§ II. Constitution. 
Old Rules. 
2. The government of the Society shall be vested in a Council 
(whose Members shall be chosen from among the Members and 
Associates of the Society and be professedly Christians), consisting of a 
President, two or more (not exceeding seven) Vice-Presidents, a 
Treasurer, one or mere Honorary Secretaries, and twelve or more (not 
exceeding twenty-four) Ordinary Members of Council, whe shall be 
elected at the Annual General Meeting of the Members and Associates 
of the Institute. But, in the interval between two Annual Meetings, 
vacancies in the Council may be filled up by the Council from among the 
Members of the Society; and the Members chosen as Trustees of the 
funds of the Institute shall be ex oficio Members of Council. 
3. Any person desirous of becoming a Member or Associate shall 
make application for admission by subscribing the Form A of the 
Appendix, which must be signed by two Members of the Institute, or 
by a Member of Council, recommending the candidate for admission as a 
Member; or by any one Member of the Institute, for admission as an 
Associate. 
