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BYE-LIWS. 
they propose for election or re-election (stating the num- 
ber of attendances during the past two j'ears at Meetings 
of the Council or of Committees, of each Governor or 
^lemher so proposed, which list so prepared shall be pub- 
lished immediately in such Agricultural papers as the 
Council may determine). A copy of this list shall be 
given to any Governor or Member who applies to the 
Secretary, either on the day of the General Meeting, or 
on any day of the week preceding (Sundays excepted), 
between the hours of ten and four. 
Voting, modes c. The voting shall take place by each Governor or Member 
who wishes to vote giving in one of these lists signed by 
himself, with such names struck out or added, as he 
thinks fit, to the President, at the General Meeting. 
AVhen the lists have been given in, three scrutineers shall 
be appointed by the President, who shall retire into 
another room, and inspect the lists which have been 
given in, and report forthwith to the Meeting, in writing, 
the names of the twenty-five Governors or Members who 
shall have the majoi-ity of votes ; after which, the papers 
shall be immediately destroyed by the scrutineers. If 
any list should contain the names of more than twenty- 
five Members, it will be rejected. Xo Governor or Mem- 
ber will be allowed to vote who does not personally 
deliver his list to the President. In the event of an 
equality of votes, the selection of the required numbers 
out of those candidates having such equality shall be made 
by the meeting on a show of hands. 
The President. 
16. The President shall not be re-eligible to the office of Presi- 
dent for three years from the day of the election of his successor. 
In all the official relations of the Society, he shall take precedence 
of all other Governors and ^Members, and shall have full power 
to summon at his pleasure meetings of the Council, and shall 
take the chair at every Council-meeting when present, he, and 
every other Chainnan of the Council, having the privilege of a 
casting vote, in addition to his own, in all cases of equality in the 
division on any question. He shall sign all such letters, votes of 
thanks, and other documents, as the Council may direct, in the 
name and on the behalf of the Council. 
The PresiJeut. 
Piecedencc. 
Casting A''ote. 
