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CHARTER. 
Council to con- 
sist of 
President. 
lietirenicnt by 
rotation. 
Election of Olli- 
cers and 
Council. 
Bye-laws. 
Notice of Alter- 
ation. 
Secretary. 
First President. 
Council. 
majority of votes of the remaining members of sucli president 
and council. That the council shall consist of one president^ 
twelve trustees, and twelve vice-presidents, to be elected 
from the class of governors only, and of fifty other members,, 
to be elected indiscriminately from the governors and mem- 
bers of the Society : That the president shall be an annual 
officer of the Society, and not re-eligible to the office of pre- 
sident for three years. And further, that twenty-five of the 
fifty general members of the council shall go out by rotation 
each year, but may be re-elected. 
7. We further will, declare, and grant, that such general 
meeting in May shall have the full power and privilege of 
electing the president, trustees, vice-presidents, and other 
members of the council, from the governors and members as 
aforesaid ; and that such president, trustees, vice-presidents, 
and council, shall be regulated in their proceedings by such 
bye-laws as may and shall from time to time be enacted by 
them conformably with the tenor of these letters patent, no 
established bye-law, however, being in any case altered, or 
new one proposed, without at least one month's notice of 
such intention being given to each member of the council. 
Further, that such president and council so elected shall 
have the power both to appoint, and, as they may think fit, 
to remove, one general secretary to the Society, who will be 
responsible to them for the execution and discharge of the 
various duties required of him, as defined fi-om time to time 
bv their bye-laws or special resolutions. And we further 
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 Eoyal pleasure- 
that the said Charles Duke of Eichmond shall be the first 
president of the said Eoyal A gricultural Society of England, 
and tliat he, with the said George Henry Duke of Grafton, 
John Henry Duke of Eutland, George Granville Duke of 
