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12. — The Council shall meet for the transaction of busi- 

 ness once a month, or oftener if necessary. At Council meet- 

 ings three Officers shall constitute a quorum. 



13. — The Council shall have authority, subject to con- 

 firmation 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 Ordinary General Meetings of the Society seven 

 and at the Annual General Meeting 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 pre- 

 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 approv- 

 ed 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 member shall be allowed to address 

 the Meeting, except by invitation or permission of the Chair - 



VI. — Publications of the Society. 



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

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



