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CONSTITUTION 
LIST OF MEMBERS 
CONCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND. 
1.—This Society shall be called “The Conchological Society of 
Great GHritain and Freland.” 
2.—Its objects shall be the promotion of the science of Conchology, by 
the holding of Meetings for the reading and discussion of original 
papers, by the publication of proceedings, and by the formation of 
a Library and Collections illustrative of the science. 
3.—It shall consist of Ordinary and Honorary Members. 
4.—Ordinary Members shall be proposed by two Members at one meeting, 
and balloted for at the next. They shall pay, in advance, on the 
Ist January in each year, a subscription of 5/-, or may compound 
for life by the payment of Three Guineas. 
5.—Composition Fees shall be invested in Books, Cabinets, or other per- 
manent property, or in such other manner as the Council may think 
most conducive to the benefit of the Society. 
6.—The number of Honorary Members shall be limited to ten, and they 
shall be exempt from all payments and have the privileges of 
Ordinary Members. 
7.—It shall be governed by a Council, consisting of a President, four Vice- 
Presidents, a Treasurer, a Secretary, a Curator, a Recorder, a 
Librarian, and six other members, who shall be elected annually 
by ballot ; the voting paper issued to be returned to the Secretary, 
under cover of sealed envelope, addressed to the Scrutineers. The 
President and Secretary of the Leeds and London Branches and 
such other branches as may afterwards be accepted at an annual 
meeting shall, ex officto, also be members of the Council of the 
Society. 
$.—The Presidency shall not be tenable for more than one year continu- 
ously, and the President is expected to give an address. 
9.—The meetings shall be held monthly, at the time and place fixed by 
the Council, who shall also have power to arrange such additional 
meetings as they may think desirable. 
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