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Curator of the Museum — all of whom, together with a Committee of 

 five, shall form the Council. 



9. They shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting on the 

 second Thursday in May, and continue in office for one year, or 

 until their successors are appointed. They may be re-elected to the 

 same, or any other office. 



10. The President, or Chairman of the meeting, shall have a 

 casting vote, in addition to the ordinary vote. 



MODE OF ELECTION. 



11. The Office bearers and Committee shall be elected in the 

 following manner, after viva voce nomination : — Each member shall 

 write the name of the person he selects for the office, and put the 

 paper, without signature, in the ballot box. The Secretaries, or two 

 Scrutineers, specially appointed, shall report the number of votes for 

 each nominee, and the person having the majority of votes shall be 

 elected. In case there are more than two nominees for one office, 

 and no one has a majority of the total number of votes, the one 

 having the smallest number of votes shall be struck off the list, and a 

 fresh ballot taken. 



MEETINGS. 



12. The Association shall meet on the second Thursday of every 

 month, from November to May inclusive, at eight o'clock p. m., un- 

 less otherwise ordered by the Council — five members to constitute a 

 quorum. 



13. Special meetings may be held at any time, on the call of the 

 President, in his own right, or on the requisition of three members 

 — but no business shall be transacted except that forwhich the meeting 

 is called. 



SECTIONS. 



14. To allow those members of the society, who devote atten- 

 tion to particular branches of science, fuller opportunities and facil- 

 ities of meeting and working together with fewer formal restrictions 

 than are necessary at the general monthly meetings of the society, Sec- 

 tions or Committees may be established in the following branches of 

 science :— 



Section A. — -Mathematics, Mechanics, Physics, Meteorology 

 and Astronomy. 



