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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. 



4. The authors of Papers read before the Society shall, if they desire 

 it, be presented with twenty-five separate copies of their Paper, with the 

 discussion thereon, or with such other number as may be determined upon 

 by the Council. 



§ VII. Bye-Laws (General). 



1. The government of the Society, and the management of its 

 concerns are entrusted to the Council, subject to no other restrictions 

 than are herein imposed, and to no other interference than may arise 

 from the acts of Members in General Meeting assembled. 



2. With respect to the duties of the President, Vice-Presidents, 



and other Officers and Members of Council, and any other matters not 



herein specially provided for, the Council may make such regulations and 



arrangements as they deem proper, and as shall appear to them most 



conducive to the good government and management of the Society, and 



the promotion of its objects. And the Council may hire apartments, and 



appoint persons not being Members of the Council, nor Members or 



Associates of the Institute, to be salaried officers, clerks, or servants, for 



carrying on the necessary business of the Society ; and may allow them 



respectively such salaries, gratuities, and privileges, as to them, the 



Council, may seem proper ; and they may suspend any such officer, clerk 



or servant from his office and duties, whenever there shall seem to them 



occasion ; provided always, that evei-y such appointment or susjieusion 



shall be reported by the Council to the next ensuing General Meeting of 



the Members to be then confirmed or otherwise as such meeting may 



think fit, 



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