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Laics, Bye-Laws, and Regulations. 
Council, and so on till a monthly Meeting shall take place at which 
twelve Members are present. If the Council so constituted shall unani- 
mously agree to the dismissal of such Member, he shall be no longer a 
Member of the Society ; but if they do not unanimously agree to his dis- 
missal, their decision shall be considered to have been made in his favour : 
Provided always, that his dismissal shall not relieve him from the pay- 
ment of any debt previously due by him to the Society ; and that if 
a Life-Governor or Life-Member, he shall not have any claim to any 
portion of the commutation he has paid. 
General Meetings. 
The two London General Meetings of the Society shall be held in the 
Council-room : public notice of such meetings being given in such news- 
papers as the Council may decide : and all elections (excepting that of 
the Council) and resolutions shall be determined by a show of hands. 
The General Meeting in December shall be held at such date in that 
month, and the Annual Meeting in the country at such time and place, 
as the Council may decide. Such place of Meeting in the Country being 
settled by the Council at the first Wednesday in May, and declared at 
the ensuing General Meeting in the year preceding such meeting. At 
the General Meetings in London, reports from the Council, with a 
financial statement, will be read : Members only, or individuals bear- 
ing the President's written order, will be allowed to be present, each 
person giving his name in writing on being admitted. 
At the General Meeting in May, the election of the President, Vice- 
Presidents, and Trustees, having taken place by a show of hands, the 
election of the twenty-five members of the Council, who are to replace 
the twenty- five members who retire by rotation, shall take place in the 
following manner : — 
1. A list of the members of the Council who retire by rotation, but 
who may be re-elected, shall be prepared on or before the 1st 
of May, for the inspection of members at the rooms of the 
Society. 
2. The Council shall prepare a list of the twenty-five members 
whom they propose for election or re-election, which shall be 
printed on paper large enough to admit of additions being 
made to it ; and a copy of this printed list shall be given to 
any member who applies for it of the Secretary, either on the 
day of the General Meeting, or on any of the tliree days pre- 
viously (Sundays excepted), between the hours of ten and four. 
3. The voting shall take place by each member who wishes to vote 
giving in one of these lists signed by himself, with such names 
