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57. In case there shall be an equal number of votes Equality of 

 for the election into the Council, or to any of the re- 

 spective offices, of two or more persons, the order of 



preference shall be decided by lot- 



58. During the Ballot, the report shall be read, and Reading Re- 



port* 



the meeting may proceed with the other business, if any, 

 which may remain to be transacted. 



59. If at the time of closing the ballot for the elec- Adjournment 

 tion of the Members of the Council it shall appear that 



1 1 Members have not balloted, the anniversary meeting 

 shall be adjourned to some other day not less than a 

 week nor more than two weeks after such original meet- 

 ing. Notice of such adjourned meeting shall be given, 

 and the business shall be transacted, in the manner pre- 

 scribed in the preceding Rules ; and the Council and 

 Officers elected at the preceding annual meeting shall 

 continue to conduct the affairs of the Society until their 

 successors are elected. 



60. In the event of a vacancy during the year in the Vacancies in 

 list of Council or Officers of the Society, such vacancy ing the year, 

 shall be filled up by the Council, subject to the confirma- 

 tion of the Society at the second monthly meeting after 



the occurrence of such vacancy. 



ORDINARY GENERAL MEETINGS. 



6 1 . Ordinary general meetings shall be held on the Ordinary gene- 

 first Wednesday of every month ; the Council shall on 



special occasions have the power of appointing any other 

 day not later than that day se'nnight for the ordinary 

 meeting of the Society of that month. 



62. Persons not belonging to the Society, if intro- Visitors ad- 

 duced by Ordinary Members, may be present at the 



ordinary general meetings. Their names and the names 



