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BYE-LAWS 
OF THE 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 
Adopted at a General Meeting held on July drd, a.d. 1900. 
EPITOME OF THE CPIARTEK OF 1899. 
I. — The Society is a Corporate Body, of an indefinite number of 
Fellows or Members, by the name of " The Eoyal Horticultural Society," 
%Yith perpetual succession, and a Common Seal. 
II. — It is governed by a Council of fifteen persons, being Fellows of 
the Society. 
HI. — At every Annual Meeting three Members of Council retire from 
office and three are elected. A President, one or more Vice-Presidents, 
a Treasurer, and a Secretary are appointed annually at the same meeting. 
Those retmng from office are eligible for re-election unless disqualified 
under some Bye-Law for the time being in force. 
IV. — The Council may make, revoke, alter, or amend Bye-Laws for 
the regulation of the Society, its government, property, business, and 
afiairs, or matters relating thereto, subject to such Bye-Laws being 
sanctioned by a subsequent General Meeting. 
BYE-LAWS. 
%* Note. — The Bye- Laics shall comply with the prcvisicns and 
directions of the Charter, and shall not he in any manner rejnignant tJiereto 
or to the kites and statutes of the realm. — Charter 1899, Cap. VII. 
CHAPTER L 
General. 
1. All the existing bye-laws of the Society are hereby revoked, and the 
following bye-laws are substituted in their place. 
2. Wherever the context or meaning requires it, v/ords implying the 
singular, shall imply the plural, and male, female, and vice versa. 
3. The Council shall have power to regulate admission to and to clcse 
the Exhibitions, Gardens, and Rooms of the Society in such manner and 
at such times as they may consider necessary in the interests of the 
Society. 
