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Chap. XIX. Special Meeting. 



1. Upon the requisition of any six or more Members, presented 

 to the President and Council, a Special General Meeting of the 

 Society shall be convened ; a notice thereof shall be sent to every 

 Member whose last known residence shall be in the United 

 Kingdom, at least seven days before such Meeting shall take 

 place ; and the nature of any proposition to be submitted to such 

 Meeting shall be stated in such Notice. 



2. No vote shall be taken at any Special Meeting unless nine or 

 more Members shall be present. 



Chap. XX. Annual Meeting. 



1. The Annual Meeting of the Society shall be held on the fourth 

 Monday in January of every year. 



2. The objects of the Meeting shall be to receive from the 

 Council, and hear read, their Annual Report on the general 

 concerns of the Society ; and to choose the Council and Officers 

 for the then ensuing year. 



3. The Council for the time being shall annually cause to be 

 prepared two Lists, one of which (No. 1 in the Schedule hereto) 

 shall contain the names of Members whom they shall recommend to 

 be re-elected into, and to be removed from, and of other Members 

 to be elected into the Council ; and the other List (No. 2) shall con- 

 tain the names of such persons as they shall recommend to fill the 

 offices of President, Treasurer, Secretaries and Librarian for the 

 year ensuing ; which Lists shall be read at the Ordinary Meeting 

 in January, and shall then be fixed up in the Meeting-room until 

 the day of election. And copies of such Lists shall be transmitted 

 to every Member whose last known residence shall be in London, 

 or within twenty miles thereof, at least seven days before the Annual 

 Meeting shall take place. 



4. The President shall appoint two or more Scrutineers from the 

 Members present, not being Members of the Council, to superintend 

 the Ballots and report the results to the Meeting. 



5. The Secretaries, assisted by the Treasurer, shall prepare a 

 List of the Members entitled to vote, and each Member voting 

 shall give his name to the Scrutineers to be marked on the said 

 List, and shall then put his ballotting lists into the respective glasses 

 to be provided for such occasion. 



6. Any ballotting List containing a greater number of names 



