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seconded must reach the Business Secretary before the ioth of September.

The Business Secretary shall prepare a voting paper containing a list of

the candidates, showing the offices for which they are respectively seeking

election or re-election, and shall send a copy of such voting paper to each

Member of the Society with the October Number of the Magazine. Each

Member shall make a cross (X) opposite the names of those for whom he

desires to vote, and shall sign the voting paper at the foot, and send it to

the Scrutineer, in a sealed envelope, so as to reach him by the 16th

of October. The Scrutineer shall prepare a written return of the officers

elected, showing the number of the votes recorded for each candidate, and

send it to the Business Secretary before the 2ist of October for publication

in the November Number of the Magazine. In the event of an equality of

votes, the President shall have a casting vote.


10. —It shall be lawful for the Council to delegate any of their powers

to a Committee of not less than three, including the ex-officio Members.


11. —The Council (but not a Committee of the Council) shall have

power to alter and add to the Rules, from time to time, in any manner they

may think fit,—five to form a quorum at any meeting of the Council.


12. —The Council shall have power to expel any Member from the

Society at any time without assigning any reason.


13—Neither the office of Scrutineer nor that of Auditor shall be held

for two consecutive years by the same person.


14 '—Scrutineer shall not reveal to any person how any Member

shall have voted.


15 -—If any office shall become vacant at any time other than at the

end of the Society’s year, the Council shall have power to nominate any

Member of the Society to fill the vacancy until the expiration of the

current year.



