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B YE-LAWS. 
I. The Philosophical Society of Queensland shall consist of a President, 
Vice-President, Three Trustees and Council, a Treasurer, Secretary and 
Two Curators, of Members, and Honorary and Corresponding Members. 
II- At any meeting of the Council or the Society the Senior Officer 
present shall preside, and in the absence of any officer, a Chairman shall be 
elected by the meeting. 
III. The Treasurer shall receive and place in the Bank all moneys 
collected, and shall disburse such sums as may be authorised by tne Council 
by cheques signed by himself, and countersigned by the Secretary. 
IV. The Secretary shall conduct all correspondence of the Society and 
Council; record all proceedings; keep all archives, and superintend the 
Beading and other Rooms, and the printing of the Memoirs. He shall 
have the custody of all books belonging to the Society, and shall issue 
notices of meeting to the Members of Society and Council respectively. 
Such notices to be issued not less than three clear days previously to the 
date of such meeting. 
V. On the name of a candidate being proposed and seconded the 
annual subscription of One Pound or the Composition Fee shall be de- 
posited with the Secretary on his behalf ; such name shall be suspended in 
the Society’s room, and remain till the next meeting, when if elected by 
at least two-thirds of the Members present, the candidate shall be declared 
a Member ; but no ballot shall be taken in the absence of the above 
deposit. If the candidate be not elected no record shall be made thereof, 
and the deposit fee shall be returned. 
VI. A member on signing a declaration that he will observe the Bye- 
Laws, Rules, and Regulations of the Council and Society, shall, in the name 
and on behalf of the Society, be formally admitted by the Chairman at any 
meeting. 
TO. The annual subscription to the Society shall be One Pound 
payable in advance on the 1st of January in each year ; but the payment, 
of a fee of Five Pounds shall constitute Life Membership. Members 
elected after the 1st of July shall pay ten shillings subscription for that 
current year. 
VIII. If at the expiration of three months from the 1st of January in 
each year the subscription of any Member be still in arrear, the Member 
shall be considered to have retired from the Society, but on applying to 
the Council in writing, and payment of One Guinea, such Member may be 
reinstated. Any Member whose subscription is in arrear shall be precluded 
from taking part in the Society’s meetings. 
