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29. — That the Council shall meet from time to time, as shall be deemed expedient 

 for the interests of the Society. 



30. — Five Members, including the Chairman, shall be a quorum. 



31. — The Chair at Council shall be taken as at the Ordinary Meetings. 



32. — It shall be the duty of the Council to superintend all the affairs of the 

 Society. 



33. — The Council may authorize the lending of Books, &c. to Members, under such 

 regulations and conditions as it may deem expedient ; and may exchange or dispose of 

 duplicate specimens belonging to the Society. 



Sect [on IV. — Ordinary Meetings. 



34 That the Society shall meet on the Evening of the First Friday in each month, 



from November to June, inclusive, at the hour of Eight o'Clock, the Chair to be taken 

 at a quarter past Eight, precisely ; and it shall be in the power of the Council to call a 

 General Meeting of the Society at any time it may be expedient to do so. 



35. That the order of business at each night of Meeting shall be as follows : — 



1st. The Secretary shall read aloud the Minutes of the preceding Meeting, and the 

 Chairman shall sign them. 



2nd. The Eeceipt of Presents and Donations to the Society shall be announced, and 

 exhibited. 



3rd. Papers for the evening shall be announced and read. 



4th. That the reading of any paper shall not occupy more than half an hour, except 

 by consent of the Meeting. 



5th. That the Members shall then be invited by the President to deliver their opinions 

 on the papers which have been read, and on any specimens which may be exhibited at 

 the Meeting. 



6th. That the private business of the Society which is to be discussed at the Ordi- 

 nary Meetings shall be transacted after the Communications of the evening have been 

 read, and that all strangers and visitors be requested to retire. 



36 All questions shall be decided by a majority; when the Members are equal, the 



Chairman shall have a casting voice. 



37. — Each Member shall have the privilege of introducing one Visitor to the Ordi- 

 nary Meetings, provided he writes the name of the Visitor in a book to be kept for that 

 purpose. 



38. — Any Member wishing to propose or alter a regulation of the Society, shall give" 

 notice at one of the Ordinary Meetings, and it shall be discussed and decided on the next 

 Ordinary Meeting of the Society ; and the Secretary shall cause a copy of such notice to 

 be posted in a conspicuous part of the Meeting Room of the Society, a fortnight at least 

 before the next Meeting. 



39. — That the Secretaries give notice to the Members, in the Summonses for the 

 Ordinary Meetings, of any important questions to be discussed at that Meeting. 



Section V. — Annual General, Meeting. 



40. — The Annual General Meeting shall be held on the first Friday in November in 

 each, year, for the purpose of electing Officers and Council for the ensuing year, and 

 hearing the Annual Report of the proceedings and affairs of the Society. 



41. — The Chair shall be taken at a quarter past eight o'Clock, precisely. 



42. — The Council shall put forward, each year, the old List of the Council, omitting 

 the three natural vacancies; and, in juxtaposition, a List of nine names, including the 

 omitted Members of Council, from which they recommend to the Society to elect to those 

 vacancies. 



43. — A Member wishing to remove any person from the list, may strike out his 

 name, and write in its place the name of the Member he wishes to be elected instead. 



44 — A Balloting Box shall be placed on the table, and at the expiration of one 

 hour the Chairman shall announce the result of the Ballot. 



