RULES OF THE STRAITS ASIATIC SOCIETY. XXlll 



13. The Council shall have authority subject to confirma- 

 tion by a general meeting, to make and enforce such by-laws 

 and regulations for the proper conduct of the Society's affairs 

 as may, from time to time, be expedient. 



v.— Meetings. 



14. The Annual General Meeting shall be held in January 

 of each year. 



15. General Meetings shall be held, when practicable, 

 once in every month, and oftener if expedient, at such hour 

 as the Council may appoint, 



16. At Meetings of the Society, eleven members shall form 

 a quorum for the transaction of business. 



17. At all Meetings, the Chairman shall, in case of an 

 equality of votes, be entitled to a casting vote in addition to 

 his own. 



18. At the Annual General Meeting, the Council shall per- 

 sent a Report for the preceding year, and the Treasurer shall 

 render an account of the financial condition of the Society. 

 Officers for the current year shall also be chosen. 



19. The work of Ordinary General Meetings shall be the 

 transaction of routine business, the reading of papers approved 

 by the Council, and the discussion of topics connected with 

 the general objects of the Society. 



20. Notice of the subjects intended to be introduced for 

 discussion by any Member of the Society should be handed in 

 to the Secretary before the Meeting. 



Visitors may be admitted to the Meetings of the Society, 

 but no one who is not a IMember shall be allowed to address the 

 Meeting, except by invitation or permission of the Chairman. 



VI.— Publications of the Society. 



21. A Journal shall be published, when practicable, every 

 six months, under the supervision of the Council. It shall 

 comprise a selection of the papers read before the Society, 

 the Report of the Council and Treasurer, and such other mat- 

 ter as the Council may deem it expedient to publish. 



