forthwith take place ; and those persons to whose names the 

 greater number of marks shall have been affixed shall be 

 declared 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 Mem- 

 bers in the circular notice 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 privileges 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. 



3. During frost the Council shall have power to suspend all 

 privileges of Members and Garden Subscribers, except that of 

 personal admission, and to vary, as may seem fit to them, the 

 rates of admission of the public. 



