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No member who is a minor shall be capable of holding office on any com- 
mittee, or of lilling any office excepting that of steward. 
VI. The committee of management shall meet at the office of the Society, 
not less than once a quarter, viz. : — on the fourth Tuesday in February, 
May, August and November. 
They shall examine, with power to disallow, the proposals for admission of 
members, which may be transmitted to them by the stewards. 
They shall direct the payment of all sums due to the medical men. 
They shall examine the books and accounts of the club, and decide upon 
complaints made to them through the stewards. 
They shall take into consideration any matter affecting the welfare of the 
club. 
VII. The president shall preside at all meetings of the club, of the com- 
mittee of management, and at every special meeting, and shall have a cast- 
ing vote, in addition to his own. 
The vice-president, in the president's absence, shall preside with like 
powers. 
A chairman in the absence of both president and vice-president, to be 
elected by the meeting, shall preside with similar powers. 
VIII. Meetings. — An annual general meeting of the members shall be held 
on the fourth Tuesday in May, at which every member, both honorary and 
benefit, shall have one vote. 
At this meeting the members shall elect the committee of management 
for the ensuing year, fill up vacancies among the auditors, and take into con- 
sideration any other matter affecting the interests of the club. 
The committee of management shall appoint all other officers of the club. 
Any officer or member of the committee may be removed at an annual 
general meeting. 
The president, on a requisition signed by twenty members, shall summon 
a special general meeting of the club. 
A special meeting of the committee of management may be called by the 
president, the vice-president, or by any three members thereof, by giving 
fourteen clear days' notice in writing to the secretary. 
At such meetings no business shall be transacted except that specified in 
the notice. 
Notice of such special meetiug must be given by circular at least seven 
clear days before. 
At all special meetings of the committee of management six shall form a 
quorum, and of a general meeting twelve. 
IX. In case of a failure to elect any one or more of the officers named in 
Rule V., the persons who shall have hitherto served in the offices respectively 
for which no election shall have taken place, shall continue to serve. 
X. In all cases the vote of the majority of members (whether benefit or 
honorary) present and voting at a general or special meeting shall determine 
the question under discussion. 
XI. Officers. — The treasurer shall be responsible for such sums as may 
from time to time be placed in his hands on account of the club. He shall 
balance his cash account quarterly, and supply the secretary with a duplicate 
thereof. Before taking upon himself the execution of his office, he shall give 
security, pursuant to the Friendly Societies Act, 1875, s. 20 (1). 
XII. The secretary, whose salary shall be fixed by the committee of 
management, shall transact all business of the club under its direction. He 
shall give his attendance at all meetings of the club, shall record correctly 
the names of the members of the committee of management then present, 
and the minutes of their proceedings. He shall keep the accounts, docu- 
