Annual Dinner. IX. During the month of March there shall he an 



Annual Dinner of the Members of the Institute, after 

 which the newly elected President shall read an 

 address. 



Retirement of 

 Officers. 



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. 



Election of Offi- 

 cers. 



XL The President the Vice-Presidents the Trea- 

 usrer 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. 



Members in 

 arrear. 



XII. No Member whose subscription is in arrear 

 shall take part in the election of Officers or other 

 business of the Meeting. 



Vacancies. 



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. 



Duties of Presi- 

 dent. 



Duties of Trea- 

 surer. 



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. 



XV. T he Treasurer shall receive all money paid 

 to the Institute and shall deposit the same in the 

 Colonial Ba n k of Australasia to the credit of an 

 account opened in the name of the Philosophical 

 Institute of Victoria, all cheques against which shall 

 be signed by himself and countersigned by the Secre- 

 tary. He shall make all pa yments ordered by the 



