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vacancy shall not be filled up unless seven days' notice in 
writing shall have been sent to each Member of the Council, 
stating the vacancies which it is proposed to fill up. 
7. No person shall be eligible as a Member of Council Eligibility of 
unless he be a subscriber to the funds of the Society of at ofCouncU. 
least one guinea per annum ; and any member of Council 
whose subscription shall be in arrear for three months after 
his subscription is payable, shall cease to be a Member of 
Council : Provided that this rule shall not apply to persons 
who may have become Life Members of the Society, by a 
payment of ten guineas, or who may be Honorary Members 
of the Society ; and provided also, that a month's notice in 
writing shall be sent to the Member before his place can 
be filled up. 
8. The Council shall nieet at least once a month, three Meetings of 
Members to form a quorum, and transact the business of C ° unciL 
the Society. 
9. The Council shall have the sole management of the Powers and 
affairs of the Society, and of the income and property c?t£di° f 
thereof, for the uses, purposes, and benefit of the Society ; 
and shall have the sole and exclusive right of appointing 
paid servants, as a Manager or Secretary, Collector, and 
such other officers, clerks, and labourers, and at such salaries 
as they may deem necessary, and of removing them if they 
shall think fit, and shall prescribe their respective duties. 
And such Council shall have power to consider and deter- 
mine all matters, either directly or indirectly affecting the 
interests of the Society, and if they shall think fit so to do, 
shall bring the same under the notice of the Members of 
the Society, at any general or special meeting ; and to make 
such bye-laws as they may deem necessary for the efficient 
management of the affairs and the promotion of the objects 
of the Society, and for the conduct of the business of the 
Council : Provided the same are not repugnant to these 
rules; to appoint one or more sub-committees, for any 
purpose contemplated by these rules; and generally to 
perform such acts as may be requisite to carry out the 
objects of the Society. 
