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CuarTter 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. 
Cuaprer 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. 
