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upon nominate four Fellows to act as scrutineers of the poll (if taken), 
two of whom shall be chosen from the Members of the Council, and two 
from the general body of Fellows holding no official position in the 
Society. 
47. If the Council shall resolve to refer the decision on any proposal 
(the consideration of which has been adjourned under Bye-law 46) to 
the whole body of the Fellows, the Council shall, within ten days after 
the meeting at which such adjournment has taken place, issue by post to 
every Fellow of the Society residing in the United Kingdom a copy of 
such proposal upon a voting paper in the form marked "D" in the 
Appendix. But the Council shall not therewith, or otherwise thereafter, 
at the expense of the Society, send any communication tending to 
influence the votes of the Fellows. 
48. On a poll being taken upon any proposal, the scrutineers shall 
examine all voting papers returned to the Office of the Society within 
ten days after the dispatch thereof, and shall classify the votes of the 
Fellows and report the result to the Chairman of the General Meeting 
to which the consideration of such proposal has been adjourned. In a 
poll every Fellow shall have one vote, and one only, and the proposal shall 
be decided in accordance with the result of the poll. 
49. Where any proposal is brought before a General Meeting and the 
majority for or against it does not exceed three-fifths of the total number 
of the Fellows present, the minority shall be entitled to demand a poll 
of the whole body of the Fellows, in which case the consideration of 
such proposal shall be adjourned, and the poll shall be conducted in the 
manner prescribed by Bye-laws 46, 47, and 48. 
CHAPTER IX. 
Council and Officers. 
50. The government of the Society, and the direction of its concerns, 
shall be entrusted to the Council, subject to no other restrictions than 
are imposed by the Charter and bye-laws, and to no other interference 
than may be competent to the Fellows in general meeting assembled. 
51. The Council may from time to time make such regulations as 
they think fit in regard to the Society's Gardens, Library, Exhibitions 
and Shows for the admission of the public by payment or otherwise. 
52. The Council may provide for the affiliation of any Horticultural 
Societies and their members with the Society, and participation in such 
of its privileges, and upon such terms as the Council think fit. 
53. The Council shall have power from time to time to appoint all 
salaried officials (except the Secretary), gardeners, clerks, and other 
persons necessary for transacting the business of the Society ; to deter- 
mine their number, duties, and salaries ; and to remove such persons 
whenever they think fit. 
54. The Council may appoint Committees to examine into, and 
report to them on, any special matters, scientific or otherwise, relating 
