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upon or adopted by such meeting (it being competent for any Fellow 
present at such meeting to propose or move any such addition or amend- 
ment) or in its integrity. The voti3S upon such byelaws or any of them 
or the. alteration or repeal in or of any such byelaws or byelaw, or upon 
any motion or resolution relating thereto, to be by open voting, unless any 
five Fellows present shall object to open voting, and shall require, by 
notice in writing to that effect signed by them and delivered to the 
chairman, the voting to be by ballot. In the case of open voting, the 
majority shall bind the minority, the Chairman may vote, and in case 
of equality may give a second or casting vote ; and provided that in the 
case of a ballot (but not in the case of open voting) no byelaw or altera- 
tion or repeal of any byelaw, shall be deemed or taken to pass in the 
affirmative, unless it shall appear that two-thirds of the Fellows voting 
shall have voted for the same. In every case of voting by ballot two 
Scrutineers shall be at once appointed by the Chairman, the Fellows 
present may proceed forthwith to vote, and the meeting shall be adjourned 
to some day, not being less than five days nor more than ten days from 
the original meeting, for taking or continuing such ballot, of which 
adjourned meeting, and of the object thereof, notice shall be given in 
some newspaper circulating in London two days at least before the day 
of such adjourned meeting. 
17. And, lastly, every annual meeting shall be deemed a general 
meeting, and the Council may call at any time and from time to time 
any other general meeting of the Fellows of the Society. In case of a 
ballot under the 13th and 16th clauses respectively, the ballot shall be 
taken at an adjourned meeting on someday to be appointed at the general 
meeting at which the same shall be required within ten days next after 
such general meeting between the hours of twelve o'clock at noon and 
three in the afternoon. In Witness whereof We have caused these Our 
Letters to be made patent — 
Witness Ourselves at Our Palace at Westminster this Eighth 
day of May in the 24th year of Our reign. 
