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Society ; but, if deemed necessary by the Council, a Special General 

 Meeting of Members shall be called for the purpose of considering 

 the propriety of expelling any such person : whereat, if eleven or more 

 Members shall ballot, and a majority of those balloting shall vote that 

 sach person be expelled, he shall be expelled accordingly. One month's 

 notice, at least, shall be given to the INIembers of any such Special General 

 Meeting. 



15. Non-resident Members and Associates, or others desirous of 

 promoting the objects and interests of the Institute, may be elected by 

 the Council to act as corresponding Members abroad, or as Honorary 

 Local Secretaries, if within the United Kingdom, under such arrange- 

 ments as the Council may deem advisable, 



16. The whole property and effects of the Society shall be vested in 

 two or more Trustees, who shall be chosen at a General Meeting of the 

 Society. The Trustees are empowered to invest such sums as the Council 

 may, from time to time, place in their hands, in, or upon any of the Stocks, 

 Funds, or Securities, for the time being, authorized by statute for the 

 investment of trust funds by trustees, and shall have the usual powers of 

 trustees in regard thereto. [The President, the Hon. Treasurer, and the 

 Secretary may officially give effect to such resolutions as a General 

 Meeting may pass in regard thereto.] 



17. All moneys received on account of the Institute shall be duly 

 paid to its credit at the Bankers, and all cheques shall be drawn, under 

 authority of the Council, and shall be signed by any two of the following, 

 the Chairman of Council, the Honorary Treasurer and the Secretary. 



18. The accounts shall be audited annually, by a Committee, con- 

 sisting of two Members or Associates, — one of whom may be on tlie 

 Council, — to be elected at an Ordinary Meeting of the Society preceding 

 the Anniversary Meeting. This Committee shall make a written Keport 

 to the Council at the first Meeting after such audit, and also to the 

 Institute, upon the day of the Annual General Meeting, — stating the 

 balance in the Treasurer s hands and the general state of the funds of the 

 Institute. 



§ III. By-laws (Privileges). 



1. A Member or Associate, when elected, shall be so informed by 

 the Secretary in a printed copy of the letters. Form B, in the Appendix. 



