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CuHapteR V.—THE COUNCIL. 
1. Three Members shall form a Quorum. 
2. The Council shall meet at such times as they themselves shall 
determine. 
3. It shall be the duty of the Council to conduct the business of the 
Society, subject to the laws and regulations of the Society at large. 
4. All questions shall be decided by the majority of voices : and where 
the numbers are equal, the Chairman shall have a casting voice; but he 
shall not vote except in such case. 
5. The Council may summon a Meeting of the Society for scientific 
purposes whenever they think fit, stating the object of such Meeting ; 
and at such Meeting no business but that stated in the notice shall be 
discussed. 
6. At least three of the Council shall go out at each election. 
7. No member of the Society having any contract with the Society or 
Council for which payment is to be made, shall be eligible to a seat in 
the Council in any capacity; and if the name of any member of the 
Society having a contract with the Society, or receiving any fee or 
emolument from the Society, shall be found in the Ballot, that name 
shall be set aside by the Chairman, notwithstanding any number of votes 
that may be appended to it ; and if any Member or Officer of the Council 
enter into any contract with the Society, or receive from it any fee, 
payment, or emolument, his seat shall become, ipso facto, vacant in the 
Council, and the Council shall immediately summon a Meeting of the 
Society, to elect a member to the vacant place. 
CHAPTER VI—ANNUAL MEETING. 
The Annual Meeting shall be held on the second Tuesday in January 
in each year, for the purpose of electing the Council and Officers for the 
ensuing year, and of hearing the Report of the Council read, and auditing 
the accounts. 
Election of Officers. 
1. The Council for the time being shall annually cause to be prepared 
a list of persons whom they recommend to be Officers and Council for 
the ensuing year. 
2. The list shall distinguish the three or more Members proposed to 
be removed, and the three or more proposed to be elected in their room; 
and it shall be transmitted to each Member residing in Dublin, by post, 
along with the notice of the time and place of the General Meeting, to be 
sent at least seven days before the day of Meeting. 
