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LAWS OF THE SOCIETY. 



The Transactions. 



How Published. 



The Council. 



Retiring Council- 

 lors. 



Election of Office- 

 Bearers. 



Special Meetings ; 

 how called. 



XV. 



The Society shall from time to time publish its Transactions and Proceed- 

 ings. For this purpose the Council shall select and arrange the papers which 

 they shall deem it expedient to publish in the Transactions of the Society, and 

 shall superintend the printing of the same. 



The Council shall have power to regulate the private business of 'the Society. 

 At any Meeting of the Council the Chairman shall have a casting as well as a 

 deliberative vote. 



XVI. 



The Transactions shall be published in parts or Fasciculi at the close of 

 each Session, and the expense shall be defrayed by the Society. 



XVII. 



That there shall be formed a Council, consisting — First, of such gentlemen 

 as may have filled the office of President ; and Secondly, of the following to be 

 annually elected, viz. : — a President, Six Vice-Presidents (two at least of whom 

 shall be resident), Twelve Ordinary Fellows as Councillors, a General Secretary, 

 Two Secretaries to the Ordinary Meetings, a Treasurer, and a Curator of the 

 Museum and Library. 



XVIII. 



Four Councillors shall go out annually, to be taken according to the order 

 in which they stand on the list of the Council. 



XIX. 



An Extraordinary Meeting for the election of Office Bearers shall be held 

 annually on the fourth Monday of October, or on such other lawful day in 

 October as the Council may fix, and each Session of the Society shall be held 

 to begin at the date of the said Extraordinary Meeting. 



XX. 



Special Meetings of the Society may be called by the Secretary, by direction 

 of the Council ; or on a requisition signed by six or more Ordinary Fellows. 

 Notice of not less than two clays must be given of such Meetings. 



XXI. 



Treasurer's Duties. The Treasurer shall receive and disburse the money belonging to the Society, 

 granting the necessary receipts, and collecting the money when due. 



He shall keep regular accounts of all the cash received and expended, which 

 shall be made up and balanced annually ; and at the Extraordinary Meeting in 

 October, he shall present the accounts for the preceding year, duly audited. 



