CHARTER. xlv 



that there shall be a General Meeting or General Meetings of the 

 Fellows of the said Society to be held from time to time as hereinafter 

 mentioned, and that there shall be a Council to direct and manage 

 the concerns of the said body politic and corporate, and that the 

 General Meetings and the Council shall have the entire direction and 

 management of the same in the manner and subject to the regulations 

 hereinafter mentioned. 



And we do hereby also will, grant, and declare that there shall be 

 a President, Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, and Secretaries of the said 

 body politic and corporate, and that the Council shall consist of the 

 President, Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, Secretaries, and not more than 

 twelve nor less than eight other Fellows of the said Society. 



And we do hereby further will and declare that the said James 

 Glaisher shall be the first President of the said body politic and 

 corporate, and the other persons now being the Vice-Presidents, 

 Treasurer, Secretaries, and Members of the Council shall be first 

 Members of the Council, and shall continue such until the election of 

 officers shall be made in pursuance of these presents. 



And we do hereby further will and declare that it shall be lawful 

 for the Fellows of the said body politic and corporate hereby established 

 to hold a General Meeting once in the year or oftener, for the purposes 

 hereinafter mentioned; namely, that the President, Vice-Presidents, 

 the Treasurer, the Secretaries, and other Members of the Council, 

 shall be chosen at such General Meeting, and that the General 

 Meetings shall from time to time make and establish such bye-laws, 

 and vary and alter or revoke the same as they shall deem to be useful 

 and necessary for the regulation of the said body politic and corporate, 

 for the admission of Fellows and of Honorary and Foreign Members, 

 and for the fixing the number of the Vice-Presidents and Officers, and 

 for the management of the proceedings, and the estates, goods, and 

 business of the said body politic and corporate, so that such bye-laws 

 be not repugnant to these presents, or to the laws and statutes of this 

 our realm, and shall and may also enter into any resolution and make 

 any regulation respecting the affairs of the said body politic and 

 corporate that may be necessary and proper : 



And we do further will and declare that the General Meetings 

 shall take place at such time as may be fixed by the said Council, and 

 that the present regulations of the said Society, so far as they are not 

 inconsistent with these presents, shall continue in force until the same 

 shall be altered by a General Meeting. 



And we further will, grant, and declare that the Council shall 

 have the sole management of the income and funds of the said 

 body politic and corporate, and the appointment of librarian, curator, 

 and such other officers, attendants, and servants as the Council shall 



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