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more (not exceeding seven) Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, one or more 

 Honorary Secretaries, and twelve or more (not exceeding twenty-four) 

 Ordinary Members of Council, who shall be elected at the Annual 

 General Meeting of the Members and Associates of the Institute. But, 

 in the interval between two Annual Meetings, vacancies in the Council 

 may be filled up by the Council from among the Members of the Society ; 

 and the Members chosen as Trustees of the funds of the Institute shall 

 be ex officio Members of Council. 



3. Any person desirous of becoming a Member or Associate shall 

 make application for admission by subscribing the Form A of the 

 Appendix, which must be signed by two Members of the Institute, or 

 by a Member of Council, recommending the candidate for admission as a 

 Member ; or by any one Member of the Institute, for admission as an 

 Associate. 



4. Upon such application being transmitted to one of the Secretaries, 

 the candidate for admission may be elected by the Council, and enrolled 

 as a Member or Associate of the Victoria Institute, in such manner 

 as the Council may deem proper ; having recourse to a ballot, if thought 

 necessary, as regards the election of Members; in which case no person 

 shall be considered as elected unless he have three-fourths of the votes in 

 his favour. 



5. Application for admission to join the Institute being thus made 

 by subscribing Form A, as before prescribed, such application shall 

 be considered as ipso facto pledging all who are thereupon admitted 

 as Members or Associates to observe the Eules and Bye-Laws of the 

 Society, and as indicative of their desire and intention to further its 

 objects and interests ; and it is also to be understood that only such as 

 are professedly Christians a.re entitled to become Members. 



6. Each Member shall pay an Entrance Fee of One Guinea and an 

 Annual Contribution of Two Guineas. A Donation of Twenty Guineas 

 shall constitute the donor a Life Member. 



7. Each Associate shall pay an Annual Contribution of One Guinea. 

 A donation of Ten Guineas shall constitute the donor a Life Associate. 



8. The Annual Contributions shall be considered as due in advance 

 on the 1st day of January in each year, and shall be paid within three 

 months after that date ; or, in the case of new admissions within three 

 months after election. 



