190 THE ROYAL CHARTER OF INCORPORATION 
who shall have been appointed from amongst the 
members of the council, and any secretary, shall not 
by reason of his going out of office as president, or 
vice-president, or secretary, cease to be a member of 
the council ; and that any member of the said body 
politic and corporate, whether for the time being a 
member of the council or not, shall be eligible to be 
appointed to the office of president or vice-president, 
and that the secretary shall at all times be appointed 
from the members of the council : And that for the 
purpose of determining the six members of the council 
who are to go out of office on the days on which the 
annual general meetings in the month of May, in the 
years one thousand eight hundred and forty-five, one 
thousand eight hundred and forty-six, one thousand 
eight hundred and forty-seven, and one thousand eight 
hundred and forty-eight, shall be held, the names of 
the persons to be elected members of the council at 
the first general meeting of the body politic and cor- 
porate as hereinbefore is mentioned shall be inserted 
in a list in regular order according to the dates of the 
respective certificates of qualifications granted by the 
Royal Veterinary College of London, or by the Ve- 
terinary College of Edinburgh, or of such other 
Veterinary College as hereinbefore mentioned, as the 
case may be, commencing with the name of that 
person who according to the date of his certificate 
shall appear to have last obtained such certificate, and 
ending with the name of the person who shall accord- 
ing to the date of his certificate appear to have first 
obtained such certificate ; and in those cases where 
the certificates of two or more of such persons shall be 
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