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year in which such an appointment shall be made is the 
year one thousand nine hundred and nine : : е 
One member to be appointed by each of the other incorpora 
societies during the month of December in eac MM 
ar; and the next year in which such an appointment sh 
: be made is the year one thousand nine hundred and n ne. 
4. (1.) Of the members appointed by the Governor in Council, не 
two members longest in office without reappointment shall retire annually 
on the appointment of their successors. 
(2.) Subject to the last preceding subsection, the appointed members 
of the Board shall hold office until the appointment of their rapt: 
e Board shall be a body corporate by the name of the * New 
Zealand Institute," and by that name shall have perpetual diee 
and a common seal, and may sue and be sued, and shall have power i 
authority to take, purchase, and hold lands for the purposes hereinaite 
mentioned. | о 
6. (1.) The Board shall have power to appoint a fit person, to 
known as the “ President,” to superintend and carry out all necessary 
incorporated if such regulations are not complied with ; and such regu 
lations on being published in the Gazette shall have the force of po 
. The Board may receive any grants, bequests, or gifts О on 
or specimens of any kind whatsoever for the use of the Institute, & 
dispose of them as it thinks fit. : time 
9.) The Board shall have control of the property from time to p: 
vested in it or acquired by it; and shall make regulations a ке 
management of the same, and for the encouragement of research Y ae à 
members of the Institute ; and in all matters, specified or unspeciiled, 
shall have power to act for and on behalf of the Institute. Il be 
7. (1.) Any casual vacancy in the Board, howsoever caused, shai wa 
filled within three months by the society or authority that арр eal 
the member whose place has become vacant, and if not filled within 
йше the vacancy shall be filled by the Board. ' iy hold 
(2.) Any person appointed to fill a casual vacancy shall only pis 
vea for such period as his predecessor would have held office un 
this Act, . 
8. (1.) Annual meetings of the Board shall be held in the month of 
January in each year, the date and place of such annual meeting to 
fixed at the previous annual meeting. : and 
2.) The Board may meet during the year at such other times 
places as it deems necessary. 
