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time to time made by the said council, shall be re- 
duced into writing, and the council shall cause the 
common seal of the said body politic and corporate to 
be affixed thereto ; and such orders, rules, and bye- 
laws, after the common seal of the said body politic 
and corporate shall have been affixed thereto, shall be 
binding upon the members of the said body politic and 
corporate, and upon all students and other persons 
who may be desirous to become members thereof : 
Provided nevertheless. That any order, rule, or bye- 
law, or any alteration in, or repeal of, any existing 
order, rule, or bye-law, shall not be made, unless no- 
tice of the intention to make such order, rule, or bye- 
law, or such alteration in, or repeal of, any existing 
order, rule, or bye-law, shall have been given at a 
previous council, nor unless a fair copy or copies in 
writing of the same shall have been hung up in some 
conspicuous place in the common meeting-room of the 
council, for and during the space of three calendar 
months previous to the meeting of the council at 
which it is intended to propose the same, nor unless 
the same shall be made at a council specially called for 
the purpose, and shall be confirmed by another coun- 
cil also specially called for the purpose, and held not 
more than fourteen days, nor less than seven days, 
after the day on which the council at which the same 
shall have been proposed shall have been held : Pro- 
vided further. That in no case shall the corporate seal 
of the said body politic and corporate be affixed to 
any instrument whatsoever, except by the order of the 
council, and in the presence of at least three of the 
members of the council (of whom we will that the pre- 
