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5. The Papers read before the Society, and the discussions thereon 

 fully reported, shall be printed by order of the Council ; or, if not, the 

 Council shall, if they see fit, state the grounds upon which this Rule has 

 been departed from, in the printed Journal or Transactions of the Society. 



6. The Council may at their discretion authorize Papers of a general 

 kind to be read at any of the Ordinary Meetings, either as introductory 

 lectures upon subjects proper to be afterwards discussed, or as the results 

 of discussions which have taken place, in furtherance of the Fifth 

 Object (§ 1). 



7. The Council may, at its discretion, request any Lecturer or Author 

 of a paper to be read at aiiy Meeting, previously to submit an outline of 

 the proposed method of treating his subject. 



8. At the Ordinaiy Meetings no question relating to the Rules or 

 General Management of the affairs of the Society shall be introduced, 

 discussed or determined. 



§ Y. Bi/-lavjs (Council Meetings). 



1. The Council shall meet at least once every month from October 

 to June inclusive, or at any other time and on such days as they may 

 deem expedient. The President, or any three Members of the Council, 

 may at any time call a Special Meeting, to which the whole Council shall 

 be summoned. 



2. At Council Meetings three shall be a quorum ; the decision of the 

 majority shall be considered as the decision of the Meeting, and the 

 Chairman shall have a casting vote. 



3. Minutes of the Proceedings shall be taken by the Secretary 

 or, in case of his absence, by some Member present, Mdiom the Chair- 

 man may appoint ; which Minutes shall afterwards be entered in a 

 minute-book kept for that purpose, and read at the next Meeting of the 

 Council, when, if found correct, they shall be signed by the Chairman. 



§ VI. By-laws (Papers). 



1. Papers presented to be read before the Society shall, when read, be 

 considered as the property of the Society, unless there shall have been 

 any previous engagement with its author to the contrary; and the 

 Council may cause the same to be published in any way and at any time 

 they may think proper after having been read. If a Paper be not read, 

 it shall be returned to the author ; and, if a Paper be not published 



