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SECTION XVII. 

 THE ANNUAL OKNERAL MEETING. 



The annual general meeting of the Institute shall be held on the first Satur- 

 day in May of each year, at twenty o'clock (eight o'clock in the evening), for 

 the purpose of receiving and considering the Report of the Council on the state 

 of the Institute, and electing the officers and members of the Council for the 



ensuing year. 



SECTION XVIII. 



iJRANCH SOCIETIES!. 



Members of the Institute residing at a distance of ten miles from the city of 

 Toronto shall have power to form themselves into branch societies for the pur- 

 pose of holding meetings and discussing subjects proper to the objects of the 

 Institute, and such branch societies shall be governed by such by-laws as the 

 Council may from time to time enact for such purposes. 



SECTION XIX. 

 ALTERING THE REGULATIONS. , 



A motion to alter any by-law or regulation of the Institute may be made at 

 the annual general meeting or a special general meeting called for the pur- 

 pose, and not otherwise ; and notice of the proposed alteration shall have 

 been given at two consecutive ordinary meetings prior thereto. 



SECTION XX. 

 THE PROPERTY OF THE INSTITUTE. 



1. The w^hole of the property and effects of the Institute, of what kind 

 soever, shall be vested in the Council of the Institute and subject to its 

 control. 



2. Every paper, map, or drawing, which may be presented to the Institute, 

 shall be considered the property thereof, unless there shall have been some 

 arrangement to the contrary, and the Council may publish the same in con- 

 nection with their transactions, or, with the consent of the author, in any 

 other form. No communication made to the Institute shall be published by 

 any other person but the author without the previous consent of the Council. 



3. Every paper presented to the Institute for publication shall be referred to 

 an Editing Committee appointed by the Council. Notices or abstracts of all 

 papers not iHiblished in full shall be prepared by the Editing Committee. 



4. No papers, plans, maps, or other property belonging to the Institute, 



shall be taken out of the rooms thereof without the consent of the Council ; 



but every member shall have a right to inspect the same at such hours as the 



Council may appoint. 



SECTION XXI. 



DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS. 



1. The names of all persons who shall contribute to the library, or the 

 general fund of the Institute, shall be read at the annual general meeting, and 

 such persons shall be recorded as benefactors in the published transactions of 

 the Institute. 



