OF THE HAMILTON ASSOCIATION. 9 



OFFICE-BEARERS. 



8. The Officers shall be a President, two Vice-Presidents, 

 a Corresponding Secretar}^ Recording Secretary, Treasurer, 

 Librarian and Curator of the Museum— all of whom, together 

 with a Committee of five, shall form the Council. 



9. The}^ shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting 

 on the second Thursday in Ma}^ and continue in office for one 

 year, or until their successors are appointed. They may be re- 

 elected to the same, or any other offxe. 



10. The President or Chairman of the meeting, shall have 

 a casting vote, in addition to the ordinary vote. 



MODE OF ELECTION. 



11. The Office bearers and Committee shall be elected in 

 the following manner, after viva voce nomination : — Each mem- 

 ber 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 re- 

 port the number of votes for each nominee, and the person hav- 

 ing the majority of votes shall be elected. In case there are 

 more than two nominees for one office, and no one has a major- 

 ity of the total number of votes, the one having the smallest 

 number of votes shall be struck off the hst, and a fresh ballot 

 taken. 



MEETINGS. 



12. 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. 



13. 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 — but no business shall be transacted except that for 

 which the meeting is called. 



SECTIONS. 



14. To allow those members of the society, who devote at- 

 tention to particular branches of science, fuller opportunities 

 and facilities of meeting and working together with fewer formal 



