RESOLUTION OF COUNCIL, 229 
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5, 1869. 
Joun. Barker, M. D., V. P.. in the Chair. 
Tue Minutes of the previous Meeting were read and confirmed. 
The By-Laws were suspended, on the motion of the Rev. Professor 
Haveuton, M. D., F. BR. §., to enable the Society to consider the Pro- 
posals of the Committee of Science of the Royal Irish Academy, as to 
a Union of this Society with the Academy. 
Read— The Resolution passed at last Council Meeting, May 3rd, “ that 
the Council recommend to the Society the acceptance of the Propo- 
sals of the Royal Irish Academy.” The Proposals were read as 
follows :— 
Drart Sueeustions submitted by the Committee of Science of the Council 
of the Royal Irish Academy at a Conference of Representatives of the 
other Scientific Socretres, held in the Academy House on the 22nd of 
April, 1869, for the purpose of Promoting the Advancement of Science, 
by the Amalgamation of all existing Societies in Dublin with the Aca- 
demy. 
I. That the business of the Academy shall be conducted by five sec- 
tions :— 
Mathematical and Physical. 
. Chemical. 
Geological. 
Biological; that is, Natural History as usually understood, 
and Physiology and Comparative Anatomy. 
5. Archeology, History, and Philology. 
Il. That the Council of the Academy shall be formed of twelve re- 
presentatives of Science, and nine of Archeology and Philology. 
III. That each Scientific Section shall have a Committee, consisting 
of a President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Committee, elected annu- 
ally by the Academy at large from a list prepared by the Committee of 
the section. That the President so elected shall be made a member of 
Council, and be nominated by the President of the Academy a Vice- 
President of the Academy.* 
IY. That each section may have its own night of meeting, but that 
any two or more sections may arrange their meetings for the same night. 
V. That there shall be at least two General Meetings of the Academy 
at large, on the nights provided for in the Charter, at one of which the 
elections for the Members of Council, the Officers of the Academy at 
large, and the Officers and Committees of Sections, shall take place. And 
it is recommended that these General Meetings should be made as interest - 
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* By the Charter of the Academy there can be only four Vice-Presidents, In order 
to meet the difficulty of having only four Vice-Presidents and five Sections, it has been 
suggested that the President of the Academy for the time being should act as President 
of one of the Sections, he selecting the one with which he may happen to be most con- 
nected, or which should be most congenial to his tastes. 
