518 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 
The Council. 
Retiring 
Councillors. 
Election of 
Office-Bearers. 
Special 
Meetings ; how 
called. 
Treasurer’s 
Duties. 
Auditor. 
General 
Secretary’s 
Duties. 
XVII. 
That there shall be formed a Council, consisting — First, of such gentlemen as 
may have filled the office of President ; and Secondly, of the following to be annually 
elected, viz. : — a President, Six Vice-Presidents (two at least of whom shall be 
Resident), Twelve Ordinary Fellows as Councillors, a General Secretary, Two 
Secretaries to the Ordinary Meetings, a Treasurer, and a Curator of the Museum 
and Library. 
The Council shall have power to regulate the private business of the Society. 
At any Meeting of the Council the Chairman shall have a casting as well as a 
deliberative vote. 
XVIII. 
Four Councillors shall go out annually, to be taken according to the order in 
which they stand on the list of the Council. 
XIX. 
An Extraordinary Meeting for the election of Office-Bearers shall be held annually 
on the fourth Monday of October, or on such other lawful day in October as the 
Council may fix, and each Session of the Society shall be held to begin at the date 
of the said Extraordinary Meeting. 
XX. 
Special Meetings of the Society may be called by the Secretary, by direction of 
the Council ; or on a requisition signed by six or more Ordinary Fellows. Notice 
of not less than two days must be given of such Meetings. 
XXI. 
The Treasurer shall receive and disburse the money belonging to the Society, 
granting the necessary receipts, and collecting the money when due. 
He shall keep regular accounts of all the cash received and expended, which 
shall be made up and balanced annually; and at the Extraordinary Meeting in 
October, he shall present the accounts for the preceding year, duly audited. At 
this Meeting, the Treasurer shall also lay before the Council a list of all arrears due 
above two years, and the Council shall thereupon give such directions as they may 
deem necessary for recovery thereof. 
XXII. 
At the Extraordinary Meeting in October, a professional accountant shall be 
chosen to audit the Treasurer’s accounts for that year, and to give the necessary 
discharge of his intromissions. 
XXIII. 
The General Secretary shall keep Minutes of the Extraordinary Meetings of the 
Society, and of the Meetings of the Council, in two distinct books. He shall, under 
the direction of the Council, conduct the correspondence of the Society, and super- 
intend its publications. For these purposes he shall, when necessary, employ a clerk, 
to be paid by the Society. 
