xlviii bye-laws. 



II. Constitution. 



2. The Society shall consist of Ordinary, Honorary, and Ex-officio 

 Fellows, without distinction of sex. 



3. The number of Ordinary Fellows shall not be limited. The 

 number of Honorary Fellows shall be limited to fifty, and of Ex-officio 

 Fellows to one hundred. 



III. Management. 



4. The management of the Society's property and affairs shall 

 be vested in a Council consisting of twenty Members (all being 

 males), viz. : — eight Officers (a President, four Vice-Presidents, a 

 Treasurer, and two Secretaries) and twelve other Ordinary Fellows 

 (hereinafter referred to as " Ordinary Members of Council "). 



IV. Fellows. 



A. Election. 



(a) Ordinary Fellows. 



5. Every candidate desirous of being elected an Ordinary Fellow 

 must be proposed by three or more Ordinary Fellows who must sign 

 a certificate setting forth his names, place of residence, and descrip- 

 tion. The Fellow whose name stands first upon the certificate, must 

 have personal knowledge of the candidate. 



6. The certificate shall be read by the President, Vice-President, 

 or other Chairman, or one of the Secretaries at the General Meeting 

 next after its receipt, and shall then be suspended in one of the rooms 

 of the Society, and shall be read a second time at the next succeeding 

 General Meeting. 



7. The votes on any election of Ordinary Fellows shall be taken 

 by ballot. 



8. The ballot shall take place at the General Meeting at which the 

 certificate shall have been read for the second time. No ballot shall 

 be valid unless ten or more votes are recorded ; and when at least two- 

 thirds of the votes are in favour of the candidate, he shall be declared 

 duly elected. 



9. The Secretaries shall send a notice of election, together with a 

 copy of these Bye -Laws, to every Ordinary Fellow so elected. 



10. Every person elected an Ordinary Fellow shall sign the 

 following form of declaration and shall pay the admission fee and first 

 annual subscription or composition within two months from the date 

 of election, or within such further time as the Council may allow. 

 In default of such signature and payment the election of such Fellow 

 shall be void. 



I, the undersigned, having been elected a Fellow of the Koyal 

 Microscopical Society, hereby agree that I will be governed by the 

 (JJiarter and Bye-Laivs of the Society for the time being ; and that 



