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CHARTER. 
majority of votes of the remaining members of such presiden 
Council to coil- and council. That the council shall consist of one presidenifcl''^^'' 
sistof. twelve trustees, and twelve vice-presidents, to be electi 
from the class of governors only, and of fifty other membei 
to be elected indiscriminately from the governors and men 
President. bers of the Society : That the president shall be an anniui 
officer of the Society, and not re-eligible to the office of pn 
Retirement by sident for tluee years. And further, that twenty-five of tbi 
lotation. ^^^^ general members of the council shall go out by rotation 
each year, but may be re-?lected. 
Election of om- 7. We further will, declare, and grant, that such general - 
CounciT'^ meeting in May shall have tlie full power and privilege ol '-^ 
electing the president, trustees, vice-presidents, and other - 
members of the council, from the governors and members 
aforesaid ; and that such president, trustees, vice-president- 
and council, shall be regulated in their proceedings by such 
Bye-laws. bye-laws as may and shall from time to time be enacted b}- 
them conformably with the tenor of these letters patent, no 
Notice of Alter- established bye-law, however, being in any case altered, i 
new one proposed, without at least one month's notice oi ui; 
such intention being given to each member of the council, k 
Further, that such president and council so elected shall : 
have the power both to appoint, and, as they may tliiuk fit. 
Secretary. to remove, oue general secretary to the Society, who will be ii 
responsible to them for the execution and discharge of the ' 
various duties required of him, as defined from time to tini 
by their bye-laws or special resolutions. And we furtlu 
will and declare, that the said body politic and corporate 
may by him as their secretary sue or be sued, contract or 
discharge, in their name and on their behalf. 
8. We further will and declare it as our Royal pleasure 
First Piesideat. that the said Charles Duke of Richmond shall be tlie first 
president of the said Royal Agricultural Society of England, 
Council. and that he, with the said George Henry Duke of Grafton. 
John Henry Duke of Rutland, George Granville Duke of 
