liv BYE-LAWS. 



VII. General Meetings. 



65. The General Meetings shall be of three kinds— Ordinary, 

 Annual, and Special. 



66. Ten Ordinary Fellows shall constitute a quorum, and if within 

 half an hour from the time appointed for the Meeting a quorum shall 

 not be present, the Meeting shall be dissolved. 



(57. In the absence of the President and Vice-Presidents, the 

 Members of Council present shall choose one of their number to take 

 the Chair, or if no such member shall be present, the Meeting may 

 elect any Ordinary Fellow present to take the Chair, and the Fellow 

 so presiding shall for the time being have all the authority and 

 privileges of the President. 



68. All votes shall be taken by show of hands, except in the cases 

 where by these Bye-Laws it is provided that votes shall be taken by 

 ballot. 



69. The decision of the majority of Fellows voting at any 

 Meeting shall be considered as the decision of the Meeting. 



70. The President, Vice-President, or other Chairman may, with 

 the consent of the Meeting, adjourn any Meeting from time to time 

 and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any 

 adjourned Meeting other than the business left unfinished at the 

 Meeting from which the adjournment took place. 



71. At any Meeting a declaration by the Chairman that a reso- 

 lution has been passed or lost, and an entry to that effect in the 

 Minute-Book of the Society, shall be sufficient evidence of the fact, 

 and in the case of a resolution requiring any particular majority, that 

 it was passed by the majority required, without proof of the number 

 or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against such 

 resolution. 



72. Minutes shall be made in a book provided for that purpose of 

 all resolutions and proceedings of General Meetings, and any such 

 minutes, if signed by any person purporting to be the Chairman of 

 the Meeting to which they relate, or by any person present thereat 

 and appointed by the Council to sign the same in his place, shall be 

 received as conclusive evidence of the facts therein stated. 



73. Visitors may be present at any Meeting if introduced by 

 Fellows, and provided they sign their names in the Attendance Book. 



A. Ordinary. 



74. The Ordinary Meetings of the Society shall be held at 

 8 o'clock p.m. on the second Wednesday in each month, from October 

 to January, and March to June inclusive. 



75. The ordinary course of business shall be as follows : — 



1st. The minutes of the proceedings of the previous Meeting 

 shall be read, submitted for approval, and if approved, 

 signed by the President, Vice-President, or other 

 Chairman of the Meeting. 



