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Cojistitution and Laws of 
Co7istifution and Government of the Society. 
The Microscopical Society of London shall consist of 
Ordinary and Honorary Members, and of Associates. 
The Ordinary Members shall elect, out of their own body, 
a President, four Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, Secretaries, 
and Council,, in accordance with the following Laws ; to 
whom, subject only to the restrictions imposed by the Laws, 
all business relating to the Society shall be entrusted. 
I.— Of the Members. 
1. — The Society shall consist of Ordinary and Honorary 
Members, and of Associates ; the number of the Honorary 
Members shall be limited to twenty. 
2. — Everv candidate for admission as an Ordinary Member 
of the Scjiety must be proposed by three or more members, 
who m-j^st sign a certificate in recommendation of him, which 
mup-L set forth the names, description, place of residence, and 
r^dalifications of the candidate, and state that he is desirous 
of becoming a member ; and the proposer, whose name stands 
first upon the certificate, must have personal knowledge of 
the candidate. The certificate shall be read aloud by one of 
the Secretaries at the first Ordinary or Annual General 
Meeting of the Members next ensuing, and shall then he 
suspended in a conspicuous place appropriated for that pur- 
IDose in one of the rooms of the Society. The method of 
voting for the election of Members shall be by ballot. 
3. — The ballot shall take place at the Ordinary or Annual 
Meeting at which the certificate shall have been read the 
second time, and immediately after such reading. No such 
ballot shall be valid unless twelve or more members ballot; 
and when two thirds or more of the members balloting shall 
be in favour of the candidate, such candidate shall be 
declared to be duly elected. 
4. — The Secretaries shall address, or cause to be addressed, 
to every person elected a member^ a letter to inform him 
thereof, on the day following his election, together with a 
copy of the Laws of the Society, a List of Members, and a 
card announcing the days on which the Society will hold its 
meetings during the season. 
5. — Each Ordinary Member on his admission shall pay an 
entrance fee of one guinea, and an annual subscription of one 
guinea for the current year, which subscription shall be con- 
sidered as due on the 1st of January in every subsequent 
year. Members who shall be elected; however, in the months 
