XaXisrisr^u^isT society. 



PROPOSED ALTERATIONS OE BYE-LAWS. 



RESOLUTIONS OF COUNCIL, 17th MARCH, 1881. 



That the first paragraph as amended {infra) be read from the Chair 

 this evening (17th March), with a view of being put to the Society 

 for acceptance, and that it be stated from the Chair, that in the 

 event of the rejection of the proposed alteration, Chap. VIII. 

 Sections iv. and viii. be restored. 



(To be offered for confirmation at the Meeting to be held on 21st 

 April, 1881.) 



Section ii. of Chapter VIII. of the Bye-Laws shall, be repealed, 

 and the following substituted : — 



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

 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 Five Fellows whom the Council re- 

 commend to be elected into the Council; 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 Secretaries 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 Room 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 which he or 

 they may propose 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 to the 

 existing Bye-Laws, in case no notice shall have been 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, and the Lists as proposed by the Council 

 or altered (as the case may be) shall be communicated by circular to each Fellow 

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

 before the Annual General Meeting shall take place." 



Alternative Alterations. 



Sections iv. and viii. of Chapter VIII. shall be repealed, and the 

 following substituted : — 



Sect. iv. " Balloting Lists shall be delivered to every Fellow who shall apply 

 for them ; and if any Fellow should not approve of the Persons therein named, 

 but be desirous of giving his Vote for some other Person or Persons, he will 

 strike his Pen across the printed Name or Names of the Person or Persons 

 of whom he may disapprove, and will write over against such printed Name or 

 Names on the blank Side left and prepared for the Purpose the Name or Names 

 of the other Person or Persons for whom he may be desirous to give his Vote." 



Sect. viii. "If any List should contain more than the proper number of 

 Names, or if any List of Officers should include the name of any Person not 

 being a Member of the Council, such List shall be set aside, and not taken any 

 account of by the Scrutineers in casting up the number of votes." 



