387 



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, they shall be 

 signed by the Chairman. 



§ VI. Bye-Lav^s (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 briefly as may be, in writing, along with 

 the grounds of their respective opinions. Should one of such 

 opinions be advcr.'e 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 

 decide whether the Paper shall be rejected or read ; and, if rejected, 

 the Paper shall be returned to the author with an intimation of the 

 purport of the adverse opinions which have been given with respect 

 to it ; but the names of the referees are not to be communicated to 

 him, unless with their consent or by order of the Council. All such 

 references and communications are to be regarded as confidential, 

 except in so far as the Council may please to direct otherwise, 



3. The Council may authorise Papers to be read without such 

 previous reference for an opinion thereon ; and when a Paper has 

 been referred, and the opinion is in favour of its being read in 

 whole or in part, the Council shall then cause it to be placed in 

 the List of Papers to be so read accordingly, and the author shall 

 receive due notice of the evening fixed for its reading. 



