XXXVIU RULES OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. 



Chapter V. 



TJie Council. 



Constitution. 1. The Council shall consist of ex officio Members and of 



Ordinary Members elected annually by the General Com- 

 mittee. 



(i) The ex officio Members are — the Trustees, past Presi- 

 dents of the Association, the President and Vice- 

 Presidents for the year, the President and Vice- 

 Presidents Elect, past and present General Treasurers 

 and General Secretaries, past Assistant General 

 Secretaries, and the Local Treasurers and Local 

 Secretaries for the ensuing Annual Meeting, 

 (ii) The Ordinary Members shall not exceed twenty-dve in 

 number. Of these, not more than twenty sliall have 

 served on the Council as Ordinary Members in the 

 previous year. 



Functions. o. The Council shall have authority to act, in the name and 



on behalf of the Association, in all matters which do not con- 

 flict with the functions of the General Committee. 



In the interval between two Annual Meetings, the Council 

 shall manage the affairs of the Association and may fill up 

 vacancies among the General and other Officers, until the next 

 Annual Meeting. 



The Council shall hold such meetings as they may think 

 fit, and shall in any case meet on the first day of the Annual 

 Meeting, in order to complete and adopt the Annual Report, 

 and to consider other matters to be brought before the General 

 Committee. 



The Council shall nominate for election by the General 

 Committee, at each Annual Meeting, a President and General 

 Officers of the Association. 



Suggestions for the Presidency shall be considered by the 

 Council at the Meeting in February, and the names selected 

 shall be issued with the summonses to the Council Meeting in 

 March, when the nomination shall be made from the names 

 on the list. 



The Council shall have power to appoint and dismiss 

 such paid officers as may be necessary to carry on the work 

 of the Association, on such terms as they may from time to 

 time determine. 



