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26. At least three days' notice of every meeting or adjourned meeting and 

 of the principal items of business to be transacted thereat shall be given to the 

 members resident in South Australia by circular, or in such manner as may be 

 prescribed. 



Auditors. 



27. Two persons, not being members of the Council, shall be chosen at some 

 meeting of the Society prior to the Annual Meeting in each year to audit the 

 accounts and balance-sheet for the then current year. 



By-Laws. 



28. The Council may make, repeal, alter, or vary by-laws not inconsistent 

 with these rules for the effective carrying out of the objects and purposes of the 

 Society ; but no such by-law, repeal, alteration, or variation shall be valid unless 

 approved by a majority of the P'ellows voting at a meeting of the Society of 

 which due notice has been given. 



Alteration of Rules. 



29. The Society may by a majority of at least two-thirds of the Fellows 

 present at an Annual Meeting, or at a special meeting duly convened for the 

 purpose, make any rule or repeal, alter, or vary any existing rule. 



30. In the construction of the rules of the Society, unless the subject or con- 

 text requires a different meaning : — 



"By-law" shall include regulations under "The Public Library, Museum, 

 and Art Gallery and Institute Act, 1909," or any other Act or 

 power enabling the Society to make regulations. 



"Prescribed" means prescribed by by-law. 



Words denoting the singular number only shall be deemed to include the 

 plural and vice versa. Words denoting the masculine gender shall 

 be deemed to include the feminine. 



31. All rules and by-laws of the Society heretofore in force are hereby 

 repealed. 



By-Laws. 



I. — Nomination Paper. 

 The Nomination Paper referred to in Rules 9 and 10 shall state the full 

 name, address, and occupation of the candidate, and the class of membership for 

 which he is nominated. When elected, the date of his election shall be entered 

 upon the Nomination Paper, and signed by the chairman of the meeting. 



II. — Council. 



1. The Council shall consist of twelve (12) Fellows, comprising a Presi- 

 dent, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, an Editor, a Secretary, and six other 

 Fellows. Any four members of the Council shall form a quorum. 



2. At each Annual Meeting all offfcers except the Editor and the Secretary 

 shall retire, as also shall two other members of the Council, but all retiring 

 members shall be eligible for re-election. The non-official members to retire 

 shall be those who have been longest in the Council since their last election, or 

 in case of equal tenure, the retirement shall be decided by lot. 



3. The vacancies on the Council shall then be filled by election, which shall be 

 by ballot, if so required by any Fellow. 



4. The Editor and Secretary shall hold office during the pleasure of the 

 Society. 



