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Fellows of the said Society to be held from time to time as hereinafter 
mentioned, and that there shall be a Council to direct and manage 
the concerns of the said body politic and corporate, and that the 
General Meetings and the Council shall have the entire direction and 
management of the same in the manner and subject to the regulations 
hereinafter mentioned. 
And we do hereby also will, grant, and declare that there shall be 
a President, Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, and Secretaries of the said 
body politic and corporate, and that the Council shall consist of the 
President, Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, Secretaries, and not more than 
twelve nor less than eight other Fellows of the said Society. 
And we do hereby further will and declare that the said James 
Glaisher shall be the first President of the said body politic and 
corporate, and the other persons now being the Vice-Presidents, 
Treasurer, Secretaries, and Members of the Council shall be first 
Members of the Council, and shall continue such until the election of 
officers shall be made in pursuance of these presents. 
And we do hereby further will and declare that it shall be lawful 
for the Fellows of the said body politic and corporate hereby established 
to hold a General Meeting once in the year or oftener, for the purposes 
hereinafter mentioned ; namely, that the President, Vice-Presidents, 
the Treasurer, the Secretaries, and other Members of the Council, 
shall be chosen at such General Meeting, and that the General 
Meetings shall from time to time make and establish such by-laws, 
and vary and alter or revoke the same as they shall deem to be useful 
and necessary for the regulation of the said body politic and corporate, 
for the admission of Fellows and of Honorary and Foreign Members, 
and for the fixing the number of the Vice-Presidents and Officers, and 
for the management of the proceedings, and the estates, goods, and 
business of the said body politic and corporate, so that such by-laws 
be not repugnant to these presents, or to the laws and statutes of this 
our realm, and shall and may also enter into any resolution and make 
any regulation respecting the affairs of the said body politic and 
corporate that may be necessary and proper : 
And we do further will and declare that the General Meetings 
shall take place at such time as may be fixed by the said Council, and 
that the present regulations of the said Society, so far as they are not 
inconsistent with these presents, shall continue in force until the same 
shall be altered by a General Meeting. 
And we further will, grant, and declare that the Council shall 
have the sole management of the income and funds of the said 
body politic and corporate, and the appointment of librarian, curator, 
and such other officers, attendants, and servants as the Council shall 
think necessary or useful, as also the entire management and superin- 
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