360 'JRoyal Irish Academy. 



The paragraph to which the above refers is as follows : — 



" At the Stated Meeting in March, at which there must be present 

 and voting sixteen at least to form a quorum, each Member voting 

 shall deliver to the Chairman one of the select lists, having erased the 

 name of any Candidate or Candidates for whom he does not vote, and 

 if he shall have thought fit, having substituted the name of any 

 other Candidate or Candidates contained in the original printed list." 



Mr. Coffey, moved as an Amendment, that the paragraph which 

 was the subject of the Academy's former reference be referred back to 

 the Council for further consideration. 



Mr. Hamilton seconded. 



The motion was lost. 



The paragraph as recommended by the Council was then put and 

 adopted in its unaltered form. 



II. By-Law 4, Chapter IV. (Election of the President Council, 

 and Officers.) 



Reference from Academy — 



" 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." 



The paragraph to which the above refers is as follows : — 



'' 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." 



The Council are of opinion that the alteration is undesirable and 

 therefore recommend the adoption of the paragraph in the unaltered 

 form. 



Mr. Coffey, proposed as an Amendment that the paragraph which 

 was the subject of the Academy's former reference be referred back 

 to the Council for further consideration. 



Mr. Hamilton seconded. 



The motion was carried. 



