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OF 



THE ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF IRELAND. 



Chapter I.— THE CONSTITUTION. 



1 . The Society consists of Ordinary Members and Honorary 

 Members. 



2. The Officers shall be chosen from amongst the Ordinary 

 Members, and shall be 



A President, 



Five Vice-Presidents, 



Two Secretaries, and 



A Treasurer, 

 who, together with fifteen other Ordinary Members of the 

 Society, shall constitute the Council. 



3. The Officers and Council, for each year, shall be elected 

 at the Annual General Meeting, by the Members of the Society. 



4. But in case any Officer, or other Member of the Council, 

 shall die or resign, the Council may appoint a Member to supply 

 his place, until the next Annual Meeting. 



Chapter II THE MEMBEES. 



1. Every person wishing to become a Member of the Society 

 must be proposed in writing to the Council, by one Member, 

 and seconded by another ; and upon election and payment of 

 his admission fee, such person shall be a Member of the Society. 



"2. But he shall not exercise the privileges of a Member until 

 his first year's subscription is paid in advance. 



3. The Admission Fee shall be One Pound, the Annual Sub- 

 scription One Pound, and the composition for life, in lieu thereof, 

 Ten Pounds; but should the Member be also a Member of the 



