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have been in that behalf appointed by open voting (unless five or more 
Fellows then present shall in writing require a ballot, and in such case 
by method of ballot,) to elect such persons to be Fellows, Honorary 
Members, and Foreign Members of " the Society " as they shall think 
fit, and any of the Fellows, Honorary Members, and Foreign Members 
for the time being to remove from "the Society," the majority of the 
Fellows voting, in case of open voting, to bind the minority ; in case of 
equality the Chairman to have a second or casting vote, but in case of a 
ballot no Fellow, Honorary Member, or Foreign Member shall be declared 
elected or removed, unless by a majority of two- thirds of the Fellows 
voting at such ballot. In case of a ballot scrutineers to be appointed, and 
the ballot to be taken at an adjourned meeting, in the like manner as is 
hereinafter mentioned in the 16th and 17th clauses ; and further that all 
such persons as shall be elected Fellows or Members of " the Society " 
(other than Honorary and Foreign Members) shall, at the time of their 
election, or before they shall be entitled to enjoy the rights or privileges 
of members, sign a note or memorandum in writing, binding them to 
observe, perform, and abide by all the rules, laws, and regulations of 
"the Society," and that such note or memorandum shall constitute an 
agreement to the effect thereof with " the Society," and shall or may 
be enforced by "the Society"; and provided also that if any Member 
should refuse or neglect to pay his first or any annual subscription for 
the space of six calendar months next after the same shall, according to 
the rules or regulations of "the Society," become due or payable, or 
shall neglect or fail in the observance or performance of the same rules 
or regulations in anywise, then such non-payment, neglect, or failure 
may be treated at any general meeting of the Fellows of " the Society " 
as a forfeiture by the Fellow so making default as aforesaid of his rights 
and privileges as a Fellow or Member of "the Society," and in case of 
any resolution to that effect by the Fellows of "the Society" at a 
general meeting, every Fellow making such default shall by such default 
be deemed to have ceased to be a Fellow or Member, but without pre- 
judice to the rights of "the Society" as regards the recovery of the 
arrears for the time being of the subscription of such Fellow or Member, 
it being hereby declared that such Fellow or Member shall continue 
liable to the payment of all such arrears. 
14. And it is Our further will and pleasure, and We do further 
declare and grant, that "the Society" shall or may carry into effect 
the said arrangement between the said Commissioners and the first- 
mentioned Society, and that the Council of " the Society " shall or may 
do, perform, and execute such acts and things as shall or may be neces- 
sary or fit or expedient for that purpose, and generally for carrying into 
effect and performing on the part of "the Society" the said several 
Articles of Agreement dated the 24th day of July, 1860, and the 20th 
day of November, 1860, and the 1st day of March, 1861, respectively 
entered into between the said Commissioners and the first-mentioned 
Society, and in particular shall or may proceed to raise the said sum of 
£^40,000, which by the first-mentioned Articles of Agreement is men- 
tioned to be intended or to be then about to be raised by debentures, or 
such part or parts thereof as has not now already been or for the time 
