LINNEAN SOCIETY. 



ALTERATIONS OF BYE-LAWS. 



The subjoined Alterations toere balloted for and confirmed by the Fellows 



present at the Special {Evening) General Meeting, 20th January, 1881. 



Section 4 of Chapter VIII. was repealed, and the following sub- 

 stituted : — 



"Each voter, before he delivers his List or Lists, shall strike out the 

 name or names of those persons recommended for whom he does not 

 vote, and if more names shall be suffered to remain in any List than the 

 number of persons to be elected or removed, such List shall be rejected; 

 and in ease the names suffered to remain shall be less than the number 

 of vacancies to be supplied, those names only which shall remain in the 

 List shall stand as voted for." 



In Section 8, Chap. VIII., the following words shall be omitted, 

 " should contain more than the proper number of Names, or if any List." 



In Chapter XII., Section 1, the following words shall be omitted, 

 "provided that the position of the present Librarian elected by the 

 Society, be not hereby affected." 



In Chapter X1IL, Section 5, after the words "shall be immediately 

 read and" the following words shall be added, "if approved by the 

 Fellows present." 



In Chaptes XIV., Section 5, after the words " Vice-President " shall 

 be inserted " or Chairman ;" and after the word " Society " shall be added 

 " and the terms of any such resolution shall also be forthwith commu- 

 nicated by circular to each Fellow having a known address in the United 

 Kingdom." 



The proposed repeal of Section 2 Chap. VIII. and the substitution of 

 the undermentioned New Bye-Law (as previously announced), were not 

 confirmed. The words which are underlined are those which have been 

 amended or struck out, and where interpolations have been made carets 

 (a) are here introduced ; compare text of proposed Bye-Law, p. 4, back 

 of wrapper. 



" The Council, for the time being, shall annually at their First Meeting iu 

 April, cause to be prepared two Balloting Lists, one of which (No. 1) is to con- 

 tain the names of Five Fellows whom they shall recommend to be removed 

 from the Council, and also the names of Sis other Fellows out of whom the 

 Council recommend that the Five persons to be elected into the Council shall 

 be chosen ; and the other List (No. 2) is to contain the names of such Fellows 

 as they shall recommend to fill the offices of President, Treasurer, and Secre- 

 taries for the year ensuing ; which Lists shall be read at the Second General 

 Meeting in April in every year, and then fixed up in the Meeting Eoom and 

 Library of the Society for the space of fourteen days at least. And, if any one 

 Fellow, or more than one Fellow shall desire to substitute the name or names 

 of any other person or persons in the place of any name or names contained in 

 the said Lists either for removal from or for election into the Council, or for 

 filling the respective offices of President, Treasurer, or Secretary, such one 

 Fellow or more than one Fellow shall leave notice in writing at the house of 

 the Society of the name or names^ they^ proposed to be substituted, within 

 seven days after the said Lists shall have been read. Balloting Lists shall, 

 after the expiration of the said seven days, be printed according to the forms 

 (Nos. 1 and 2) in the Schedule, A in case no notice shall be previously left as 

 aforesaid ; but in case of any such notice or notices being so left, then the name 

 or names of the person or persons proposed to be substituted shall be added to 

 the Lists respectively proposed by the Council, according to the forms (Nos. 3 

 and 4) in the Schedule ; and such Lists . shall be transmitted to . each Fellow 

 whose known residence shall be within the United Kingdom, at least one week 

 before the Annual General Meeting shall take place." 



