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SECTION IV. 
MEETINGS OF THE COUNCIL. 
1. A meeting of the Council shall be holden on the first Wed- 
nesday after every Quarter-day. 
2. The President may at any time call a meeting of the Council, 
and shall do so upon a requisition in writing, signed by five of its 
Members; the nature of the business to be brought forward at such 
meeting being specifically stated in the notice. 
3. The first business transacted at all meetings of the Council 
shall be for the Secretary to read the minutes of the preceding 
meeting, in order to their confirmation. 
4. No Member of the Council shall vote upon a question 
relating to himself. 
SECTION V. 
THE BOARD OF EXAMINERS. 
1. The Council shall appoint twenty persons to constitute a 
Board of Examiners, — Ten for England, and Ten for Scotland ; 
the election to take place by Ballot. 
2. Twelve of the above persons shall be Members of the Royal 
College of Veterinary Surgeons, and eight shall be Members of the 
Medical Profession. 
3. The Professors and appointed Lecturers of any veterinary 
school sanctioned by the Charter, and the Principal Veterinary 
Surgeon to the Army, shall be, ex officio, members of the Board 
of Examiners ; but they shall not receive any portion of the fees 
accruing from the examinations. 
4. Any Veterinary Member of the Board of Examiners being 
absent for more than four consecutive meetings, shall be reported 
at the next ensuing meeting of the Council, and, at their discretion, 
shall be liable to removal. 
5. The President, or, in his absence, the Senior Vice-President, 
may, upon any emergency, direct a special meeting of the Board 
of Examiners. Double the amount of the usual Fee to be paid by 
each Candidate examined by such Board. 
6. Every Member of the Board attending during the entire 
period of each meeting shall be entitled to the fee of Two Pounds 
for such attendance. 
