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BYE-LAWS. 
election of tlie twenty-five Members of the Coimcil, who are tc 
replace the twenty-five Members who retire by rotation, shali 
afterwards take place in the following manner : — 
a. A list of the Members of Council who retire by rotatior 
but are desirous of re-election, showing the number ol 
attendances at Council and Committee Meetings of eac' 
of such Members during the past two years, shall 
prepared at the April Council, and published immediatelj 
in at least two agricultural papers. Any two Governors 
or Members may nominate in writing to the Secretary 
before the first day of May following a Member ot 
Members of the Society desirous of being nominated foi 
election on the Council ; these nominations, with the 
names of the proposer and seconder, shall also be added 
to the previously published list, and the entire list shall 
be published in tlie same agricultural papers immediately 
after the iMay Council, and be also printed for the use ol 
Members at the General Meeting in May. 
b. A copy of this list shall be given to any Governor oi 
Member who applies to the Secretary, either on the d 
of the General INIeeting, or on any day of the we 
preceding (Sunday excepted), between the hours of ten 
and four. 
c. Each Governor or Member who wishes to vote, shall per- 
sonally give in to the President at the General Meeting 
one of these lists signed hy himself, with such names strucl; 
out, as he thinks fit. Any list containing, not erased, tbc 
names of more than twenty-five Members will be rejected 
Three scrutineers shall be appointed by the President 
who shall retire into another room, and inspect the lists 
given in, and report forthAvith to the Meeting, in writing,!) 
the names of the twenty-five Governors or Members 
having the majority of votes ; after which, the lists shal. 
be immediately destroyed by the scrutineers. In th<| 
event of an equality of votes, the selection of th( 
reqiiired mimbers out of those candidates having sucl 
equality shall be made by the Meeting on a show o:. 
liands. 
