RULES OF THE SELBORNE SOCIETY 
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able 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 th 
order of the Council. 
XVI. — A member shall, ipso facto, cease to be a member on : — 
{a) Neglecting for four months, after notice in writing has 
been sent to the last known address, to pay the 
the Annual Subscription, or : — 
[h) Refusing to pay any other moneys that may be due, and 
have been duly demanded. 
.\ny Member intending to withdraw from the Society must 
pay all arrears, whether of subscription or otherwise, and must 
give notice in writing to the Secretary of the Society, or to the 
Honorary Secretary of the Branch to which he or she is attached, 
on or before December i, otherwise such members will be 
liable for the next year’s Subscription. The Subscriptions of 
Members shall be due on January i in each year, and shall be 
payable in advance. The Subscription of those admitted during 
the last quarter of the year will date from January i following, 
but will be payable at the time of election. No person shall be 
entitled to the privileges of membership until the first subscription 
has been paid. 
XVII. — 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 Members shall form a 
quorum. 
XVIII. — Except upon a resolution of Council no special 
motion shall be brought forward unless at least fourteen days 
notice of the same has been given to the Secretary, and such 
motion once rejected by the Council cannot again be brought 
forward until after the next Annual General Meeting. 
XIX. — The Secretary shall summon a Special Meeting of the 
Council if requested to do so in writing by the Chairman or 
seven Members of the Council. 
XX. — The Annual General Meeting of the Society (of which 
seven clear days’ notice shall be given by the Secretary) shall be 
held in May, or at a date to be fixed by the Council, for the 
purpose of electing officers of the Society for the succeeding 
year, and of receiving from the Council a Report and Balance 
Sheet for the twelve months ending March 31. 
XXL — A Special General Meeting may be called by the 
Council provided fourteen days’ clear notice shall have been 
given to Members through the Society’s Magazine. The 
Council shall also call a Special General Meeting upon the 
requisition of not less than twenty Members, if the Secretary 
of the Society receive the same fourteen clear days before any 
ordinary meeting of the Council. 
XXII. — Notice of any proposal or motion to be brought 
before any General Meeting must be given in writing to the 
Secretary fourteen clear days before the ordinary meeting of the 
Council which immediately precedes the meeting in question. 
