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chairmen of all working sections and five elected members, shall 

 form the Council, 



8. The Office-bearers and five members of the Council shall be 

 elected at the regular meeting in April of each year. They shall 

 enter upon their duties at the annual meeting in May, and shall con- 

 tinue in office for one year or until their successors are appointed. 

 They may be re-elected to the same or any other office. 



MODE OF ELECTION. 



g. The Office-bearers and the Committee shall be elected in the 

 following manner, after viva voce nomination : Each member shall 

 write the name of the person he selects for the office, and put the 

 paper, without signature, in the ballot box. The Secretaries, or two 

 Scrutineers, specially appointed, shall report the number of votes for 

 each nominee, and the person having the majority of votes shall be 

 elected. In case there are more than two nominees for one office, 

 and no one has a majority of the total number of votes, the one 

 having the smallest number of votes -shall be struck off the list and a 

 fresh ballot taken. 



MEETINGS. 



10. The Association shall meet on the second Thursday of 

 every month, from November to May inclusive, at eight o'clock p.m., 

 unless otherwise ordered by the Council — five members to constitute 

 a quorum. 



1 1. Special meetings may be held at any time, on the call of the 

 President, in his own right, or on the requisition of three members, 

 for the transaction of any stated business. 



12. A majority of votes cast shall determine every question. 



13. The President, or chairman of the meeting, shall have a 

 casting vote in addition to the ordinary vote. 



SECTIONS. 



14. To allow those members of the Association, who devote 

 attention to particular branches of science, fuller opportunities of 

 meeting and working together with fewer formal restrictions than are 

 necessary at the general meetings of the Association, Sections may 

 be established in connection with any of the branches of learning 

 coming within the scope of the Association. There shall be for each 

 section a Chairman to preside at the meeting, and a Secretary who 

 shall prepare for the last meeting in May in each year, a report of 



