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vote. Andif no other Candidate on the original list shall have received a 

 largernumher of votes than the lowest given for any Candidate on the 

 select list, each of the Candidates reccommended by the Council shall 

 be declared duly elected. Any Candidate who shall not have been 

 elected shall, if any of his proposers so request in writing, continue 

 a Candidate, and his name shall be placed in alphabetical order with 

 those of the new Candidates to be announced in February following, 

 and his Certificate shall be hung up along with those of the new 

 Candidates. 



It was proposed by Mr. Coffey, seconded by Dr. Haddon, and 

 resolved — " That it be referred back to the Council to consider the 

 suggestion that the full list of Candidates proposed be printed on the 

 ballot paper, the names selected by the Council being distinguished in 

 such manner as the Council may decide." 



With respect to the following By-Law : — 

 CHAPTEE, IV. 



ELECTION OF THE PEESIDENT, COUNCIL, AND OFFICEES. 



4. The same person shall not be elected President more than 

 five times in succession ; and the senior Member of the Committee of 

 Science and of the Committee of Polite Literature and Antiquities, 

 respectively, shall retire from the Council in each year: 



It was proposed by Mr. Coffey, seconded by Dr. Haddon, and 

 resolved — " That it be referred back to the Council to consider the 

 suggestion that the two senior Members of each of the Committees of 

 Council be retired each year." 



With respect to the following sub-section of section 6, Chapter 

 IV. 



{c) In these lists the names of the Members whom the Council 

 specially recommend as Candidates for vacant places shall be printed 

 in capitals, the number of names so indicated not to be less than 

 three or more than six for each Committee whatever the number 

 of vacancies ; but every Member still retains his right to vote for any 

 person whose name appears in the Balloting List. 



