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37. If witliin one hour from the time appointed for the meeting a 
quorum is not present, the meeting, if a meeting convened upon a 
requisition of Fellows, shall be dissolved ; in any other case it shall stand 
adjourned to such place, day, and time as the Council shall direct ; and if 
at such adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within one hour after 
the time appointed for such meeting, the meeting shall be dissolved. 
38. The President, or in his absence some other member of Council, 
shall take the chair at all meetings ; in case of the absence of all the 
members of the Council, one of the Vice-Presidents shall take the Chair, 
or in case of their absence, the Fellows present shall choose one of their 
number as Chairman. 
39. At all meetings notes of the proceedings shall be taken, and 
minutes thereof shall afterwards be duly copied in a minute book to be 
kept for that purpose ; and the first business shall be to read the minutes 
of the last meeting, and the Chairman of the day shall sign the same. 
40. The Chairman may, with the consent of the meeting, adjourn 
any general meeting from time to time, and from place to place, but no 
business shall be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than such 
as was proposed to have been transacted at the meeting from which the 
adjournment was made. 
41. Notice of such adjournment shall be given in such a manner 
as the Chairman of the meeting may direct. 
42. The Council shall have power to direct that the voting on any 
question brought before the annual or any general meeting shall, if they 
think it necessary for the welfare of the Society, be taken by ballot. 
43. At all general meetings the voting shall be open, except in the 
special cases where a ballot is directed by the Council or required by the 
bye-laws. 
44. When the voting is open, it shall be conducted in such manner 
as the Chairman thinks most convenient for the purpose of ascertaining 
the sense of the majority of the meeting. When the voting is by ballot, 
the ballot shall be conducted as the Council shall direct. 
45. The decision of the majority of Fellows voting at a meeting shall 
be considered as the decision of the meeting, except in the special cases 
where a larger majority is required by the Bye-laws, or where the con- 
sideration of a proposal is adjourned under Bye-law 46 or 49. In the 
case of an equahty of votes the Chairman shall have a second or casting 
vote, but not to make up a prescribed quorum. 
46. With respect to any proposal brought before a General Meeting 
and considered by the Chairman, or by a majority of the Members of 
Council present at such meeting, to be of vital importance to the welfare 
of the Society, the Chairman may, and (if requested by a majority 
of the Members of Coimcil present ) shall (whether a vote shall have 
been taken or not) adjourn the consideration of such proposal to a 
subsequent General Meeting (to be held within twenty-eight days there- 
after), to enable the Council, if they think fit, to refer the decision on 
such proposal to the whole body of the Fellows, and to take a poll 
of the Fellows "for" or "against" it; and in the event of such 
adjournment any vote already taken upon such proposal shall be deemed 
inoperative and not to have been taken. And the meeting shall there- 
