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ELECTION OF HONORARY FELLOWS. 
VIII. 
Honorary Fellows shall be persons eminently distinguished in Science or 
Literature. They shall not be liable to contribute to the Society’s Funds. 
Personages of the Blood Royal may be elected Honorary Fellows at any time on 
the nomination of the Council, and without regard to the limitation of numbers 
specified in Law I. 
IX. 
Honorary Fellows shall be proposed by the Council. The nominations shall 
be announced from the Chair at the First Ordinary Meeting after their selection. 
The names shall be printed in the circular for the last Ordinary Meeting of the 
Session, when the election shall be by Ballot, after the manner prescribed in 
Laws III and IV for the Election of Fellows. 
EXPULSION OF FELLOWS. 
X. 
If, in the opinion of the Council, the conduct of any Fellow is injurious to 
the character or interests of the Society, the Council may, by registered letter, 
request him to resign. If he fail to do so within one month of such request, 
the Council shall call a Special Meeting of the Society to consider the matter. 
If a majority consisting of not less than two-thirds of the Fellows present and 
voting decide for expulsion, he shall be expelled by declaration from the Chair, 
his name shall be erased from the Roll, and he shall forfeit all right or claim in 
or to the property of the Society. 
XL 
It shall be competent for the Council to remove any person from the Roll 
of Honorary Fellows if, in their opinion, his remaining on the Roll would be 
injurious to the character or interests of the Society. Reasonable notice of such 
proposal shall be given to each member of the Council, and, if possible, to the 
Honorary Fellow himself. Thereafter the decision on the question shall not. be- 
taken until the matter has been discussed at two Meetings of Council, separated 
by an interval of not less than fourteen days. A majority of two-thirds of the 
members present and voting shall be required for such removal. 
