RULES OF THE SELBORNE SOCIETY, 159 
11. One member may hold two offices in the Society. 
12. The Council shall have full control over, and manage- 
ment of, the affairs of the Society, and shall have power to 
make regulations in that behalf, provided that nothing incon- 
sistent with these rules is done thereby. 
13. The property of the Society, both real and personal, 
shall be vested in the Trustees ; and all investments on behalf 
of the Society shall be made, and all valuable securities of the 
Society shall be held by, and in the names of the Trustees, and 
shall be dealt with by them on a resolution of the Council, and 
not otherwise. 
14. The Treasurer shall have charge of the funds applicable 
to current expenses ; shall keep the accounts of the Society; and 
present at the Annual General Meeting a statement of accounts. 
The, Treasurer shall make payments only on the order of the 
Council. 
15. The meetings of the Council shall be held at such times 
as the Council shall direct, but not less than four meetings shall 
be held during the year ; five shall form a quorum. 
16. The Secretary shall summon a special meeting of the 
Council if requested to do so in writing by five members of the 
Council. 
17. Branches of the Society may be formed by the sanction 
in writing of the Council, on such conditions as they may deem 
fit on the written application of ten persons. 
18. Each Branch shall elect its own officers, and not less 
than three members of Committee, and these shall together form 
the Committee for management of that Branch. 
19. The Committee of each Branch may make regulations 
for the conduct of the business of that Branch, provided that 
they are consistent with these rules. 
20. Branches in existence on January 1st, 1888, shall not be 
bound by the rules relating to procedure in the formation of 
Branches. 
21. Full members of a Branch shall be for all purposes full mem- 
bers of the Sclborne Society. 
22. The Council may withdraw the warrant of a Branch for 
good cause. 
23. There shall be an Annual General Meeting of the Society 
on the first Wednesday in May. A Special General Meeting 
may be called by the Council, and must be called on the requi- 
sition in writing of twenty Members. 
24. Notice to the Council must be given fourteen days before 
a General Meeting of any proposal to vary, or add to, these 
rules. 
