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6. The Council may at their discretion authorize Papers of 

 a general kiud 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 5th Object of the 

 Society (§ I.). 



7. With respect to Intermediate Meetings, at which the 

 discussions are not necessarily reported, the Council, at its dis- 

 cretion, may request any lecturer or author of a paper to be 

 read thereat, previously to submit an outline of the proposed 

 method of treating his subject. 



8. At the Ordinary Meetings no question relating to the 

 Rules or General Management of the affairs of the Society 

 shall be introduced, discussed, or determined. 



§ V. Bye-Laws (Council Meetings). 



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

 November 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 one of the 

 Secretaries, or, in case of his absence, by some other Member 

 present, whom the Chairman 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. Bye-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 



