Rules. 385 



PROCEDURE, POWERS, AND DUTIES OF THE COUNCIL 



AND OFFICERS. 



72. Ordinary meetings of the council shall be held when 

 and where the council shall think fit, but one ordinary 

 meeting of the council shall be held in each month during 

 the session of the Society. Special meetings of the council 

 may be convened by the President or the Secretary when 

 deemed necessary by them or either of them, and shall be 

 convened when called for by a requisition to the President 

 or Secretary, signed by at least three members of the 

 council. 



73. The quorum of every council shall be three 

 members of the council at the least, and every question 

 arising at a council, except where required by these 

 presents, or by any member of the council to be decided by 

 ballot, shall be decided by a simple majority of the 

 members of council present thereat, and in case of an 

 equality of votes at a council, whether by ballot or by show 

 of hands, the acting chairman thereat shall have a second 

 or casting vote. 



74. In the exercise of the functions entrusted to them, 

 the council shall be guided by such instructions as shall be 

 given them by general meetings of the Society, and subject 

 thereto, their procedure shall be regulated so far as the 

 standing orders of the council extend by such standing 

 orders, and in other respects as the members of council 

 present thereat shall think fit. 



75. The council shall take into consideration, and pro- 

 pose to the Society, such measures as they deem conducive 

 to its interests and the furtherance of its objects. 



'j6. The council shall decide by ballot if not unanimous 



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