IX. 
RULES OF 
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 
Adopted March 10, 1914. 
CONSTITUTION. 
1. The Society shall be called The Royal Society of Western 
Australia. 
2. The Royal Society of Western Australia is founded for the 
advancement of Science in all its branches. 
3. The Society shall consist of members, who shall be classed 
as follows: (1) ordinary members (who may be life members); 
(2) honorary members; (3) corresponding members; (4) associate 
members; (5) student members. 
RULES. 
Management. 
1. The General Management of the affairs of the Society to- 
gether with the custody of its property, shall be vested in a Council, 
comprising a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, a Secre- 
tary, a Librarian, the retiring President, and five other members. 
2. All office-bearers and general members of Council shall be 
elected annually by ballot at the General Meeting of the Society, 
held in July. 
3. It shall be the duty of the Council each year to prepare a 
list containing the names of members whom they recommend for 
election to the respective offices of President, Vice-Presidents, 
Secretary, Treasurer, and Librarian, together with the names of two 
other members whom they recommended for election as ordinary 
members of Council, and who have not been Council members for 
that year. 
4. The names thus recommended shall be contained on a ballot 
paper, which shall be posted to members at least fourteen days be- 
fore the day of the Annual Meeting. Additional nominations, duly 
proposed and seconded, must be lodged with the Secretary at least 
24 hours before the meeting. 
5. Any vacancies occurring a.mongst the office bearers or 
Council during the year shall be filled up by the Council. 
Members. 
6. Every candidate for admission as an ordinary member of 
the Society shall be proposed and recommended by three or more 
members of the Society, who shall at an Ordinary Meeting of the 
Society, cause to be delivered to the Secretary a nomination form, 
