194 THE ROYAL CHARTER OF INCORPORATION 
neral meeting the president, vice-presidents, and other 
members of the council, going out of office on the day 
on which such annual general meeting shall for the 
time being be held, shall for all the purposes of such 
meeting be considered president, vice-presidents, and 
members of council in office until the meeting shall 
break up or adjourn, and that all elections of members 
of council shall be by ballot, to be taken at the general 
meeting; and that when and so often as on the elec- 
tion of any member of the council votes shall be given 
for more persons than there shall be vacancies, and in 
consequence of any two or more persons having an 
equal number of votes it cannot be determined which 
of such two or more persons shall be the person or 
persons to supply the vacancy or vacancies, the person 
in the chair at the annual general meeting at which 
such election shall take place shall forthwith decide by 
lot which of those two or more persons shall supply 
the vacancy or vacancies, and the person or persons 
in whose favour such decision shall be made shall be 
considered duly elected ; That any president, vice-pre- 
sident, or member of the council for the time being, 
may at any time vacate his office by sending in his re- 
signation in writing to the council, and any general 
meeting specially called for the purpose may remove 
from his office any president, vice-president, or mem- 
ber of the council, for misconduct or other reasonable 
cause: AND WE DO HEREBY FURTHER 
GRANT and DECLARE, That the members for the 
time being of the council shall assemble together at 
some place in London or Westminster, or the suburbs 
thereof, at such times as they shall be convened by 
