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21. — Notice of the Annual Meeting shall be given from 
the Chair^ at the preceding Ordinary Meeting of the Society 
in January^ and also upon the cards of the Ordinary Meet- 
ings. 
22. — The Council^ at the Ordinary Meeting in December, 
shall declare the names of the four members whom they 
recommend to retire, and propose to the Society the names 
of four other members to supply their places in the Council : r 
they shall also declare the names of the other Officers whom 
they recommend for election. 
23. — At the Annnal Meeting the officers and four members 
of Council, to replace those who retire, shall be elected. The 
mode of election shall be by ballot. 
24. — In the event of any member of the Society being 
desirous of proposing other names than those recommended 
by the Council, a written list of the same shall be delivered 
to one of the Secretaries, on or before the Ordinary Meeting 
in January, and the same shall be read from the Chair, and 
publicly suspended in the Society's rooms, with the list 
recommended by the Council; and no member shall be 
eligible for election into the Council unless he has been pro- 
posed in the manner and form above specified. 
25. — The President or other member in the Chair shall 
appoint two Scrutineers from among the members present, 
to superintend the ballot during its progress, and to report 
the result to the meeting. 
26. — If in the interval between the two Annual Meetings 
the office of President, Vice-President, Treasurer, or Secre- 
tary, may become vacant, either by death, resignation, 
or otherwise, the Council shall have power to appoint one 
of their own members to fill such office until the next Annual 
Meeting. 
y Ordinary Meetings of the Society . 
27. — The rooms shall be open to members at the hour of 
7 o'clock, for microscopical investigation. The Chair shall 
be taken at 8 o'clock precisely. 
28. — The ordinary course of business shall be as follows: — • 
1st. The names of the visitors, and of the members by 
whom they are introduced, shall be announced 
from the Chair. 
2nd. The ;minutes of the proceedings of the previous 
meeting shall be read^ and submitted for con- 
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