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balloted, to come forward and ballot, and the scrutiny shall 

 forthwith take place ; and those persons to whose names the 

 greater number of marks shall have been affixed shall be de- 

 clared duly elected, in the order and places in which they stand, 

 provided at least three new Members be elected, but if not, then 

 those of the proposed Members who have the least number of 

 marks shall be rejected, until at least three former Members are 

 excluded, and their places shall be filled by those who have the 

 next greatest number of marks. 



4. If two or more names have the same number of marks, the 

 order of preference shall be decided by lot. 



General Business. 



1. No motion respecting a change in the laws or constitution 

 of the Society shall be discussed or voted upon, at the Annual or 

 other Meeting, except as hereafter provided, unless notice 

 thereof be given, in writing, to the Council, at least one month 

 before such Meeting ; the Council to give seven days' notice to 

 the Members, as before ordered. 



2. But the Council may propose, and bring to the vote, any 

 measure or question at any of the Meetings of the Society, 

 provided it shall have been under their consideration for at least 

 one month, and that notice thereof be given to the Members in 

 the circular notices of such Meeting, at least seven days previous 

 to the day of Meeting. 



Chapter VII.— THE GARDENS. 



1. Any person enrolling his name in a book kept at the Gate 

 of the Gardens, and paying One Pound a year, shall be a Sub- 

 scriber, and shall have the same privilege of ingress to the 

 Gardens as a Member of the Society. 



2. The Council shall have the power of suspending all rights 

 of free entrance to the Gardens, upon the day of a public fete, 

 or similar occasion, when such shall be given for the benefit of 

 the Society. 



