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ROYAL MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 
65. The Council shall, at the Annual Meeting, propose a Fellow 
of the Society to act as Librarian. He shall be elected by the 
Society. He shall have the care of all the books, MSS. and journals 
of the Society, and the management thereof, subject to the control 
of the Library Committee and of the Council. He shall make and 
keep up a catalogue of the documents under his charge, and shall 
make an annual report to the Council as to their condition. 
66. The Council shall at the Annual Meeting, propose a Fellow 
or Fellows of the Society to act either separately or jointly as 
Curator or Curators of the instruments, tools, and such other pro- 
perty belonging to the Society as may from time to time be confided 
by the Council to his or their care. They shall be elected by the 
Society. They shall make and keep a catalogue or catalogues of all 
the property under their 'charge respectively, and shall make an 
annual report or reports to the Council as to the state of such property. 
67. The Council may appoint an Assistant Secretary, and assign 
to him such duties as it may think desirable, at such remuneration 
as it may deem proper. 
VII. General Meetings. 
68. The General Meetings shall be of three kinds — Ordinary, 
Annual, and Special. 
69. Ten Ordinary Fellows shall constitute a quorum, and if within 
half an hour from the time appointed for the Meeting a quorum shall 
not be present, the Meeting shall be dissolved. 
70. In the absence of the President and Vice-Presidents, the 
Members of Council present shall choose one of their number to take 
the Chair, or if no such member shall be present, the Meeting may 
elect any Ordinary Fellow present to take the Chair, and the Fellow 
so presiding shall for the time being have all the authority and 
privileges of the President. 
71. All votes shall be taken by show of hands, except in the cases 
where by these By-Laws it is provided that votes shall be taken by 
ballot. 
72. The decision of the majority of Fellows voting at any 
Meeting shall be considered as the decision of the Meeting. 
73. The President, Vice-President, or other Chairman may, with 
the consent of the Meeting, adjourn any Meeting from time to time 
and from place to place, but no business shall be transacted at any 
adjourned Meeting other than the business left unfinished at the 
Meeting from which the adjournment took place. 
74. At any Meeting a declaration by the Chairman that a reso- 
lution has been passed or lost, and an entry to that effect in the 
Minute-Book of the Society, shall be sufficient evidence of the fact, 
and in the case of a resolution requiring any particular majority, that 
it was passed by the majority required, without proof of the number or 
proportion of the votes recorded in favour of or against such resolution. 
