Annual Dinner. jx. During the month of March there shall be an 



Annual Dinner of the Members^ of the Institute, after 

 which the newly-elected President shall read an address. 



Retirement of 

 Officers. 



Election of Offi- 

 cers. 



Members in 

 arrear. 



X. The President, the Vice-Presidents, the Trea- 

 surer, the Secretary, and six senior ordinary Members 

 of Council shall retire from office annually at the Anni- 

 versary Meeting. The Officers, so retiring, shall be 

 eligible for the same or any other offices then vacant. 



XL The President, the Vice-Presidents, the Trea- 

 surer, and the Secretary shall be separately elected by 

 ballot, in the above-named order, at the Anniversary 

 Meeting, and the six vacancies in the Council shall be 

 then filled up together by ballot. Those Members only 

 shall be eligible for any office, whose names, together 

 with those of their proposers and seconders, shall have 

 been posted in the Hall of the Institute one clear week 

 before the Anniversary Meeting. The posting of a 

 name for any office shall be held a nomination for any 

 office, the election to which is to be subsequently held. 



XII. No Member whose subscription is in arrear 

 shall take part in the election of Officers or other 

 business of the Meeting. 



XIII. If any vacancy occur among the Officers, 

 notice thereof shall be inserted in the summons for the 

 next Meeting of the Institute, and the vacancy shall be 

 then filled up by ballot. 



XIV. The President shall take the Chair at Meet- 

 ings of the Institute and of the Council, regulate and 

 keep order in all their proceedings, state questions and 

 propositions to the Meeting, report the result of ballots, 

 introduce newly-elected Members, and carry into effect 

 the regulations of the Institute. He shall deliver an 

 address at the Annual Dinner of the Institute. 



In the absence of the President, the Chair shall be 

 taken by one of the Vice-Presidents, the Treasurer, or 

 an ordinary Member of Council. 



Duties of Trea- XV. The Treasurer shall receive all money paid 



to the Institute, and shall deposit the same in the 



Duties of Presi- 

 dent. 



