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6. The Council may at their discretion authorize Papers of 
a general kind to be read at any of the Ordinary Meetings, 
either as introductory lectures upon subjects proper to be 
afterwards discussed, or as the results of discussions which 
have taken place, in furtherance of the 5th Object of the 
Society (§ I.). 
7. With respect to Intermediate Meetings, at which the 
discussions are not necessarily reported, the Council, at its dis- 
cretion, may request any lecturer or author of a paper to be 
read thereat, previously to submit an outline of the proposed 
method of treating his subject. 
8. At the Ordinary Meetings no question relating to the 
Rules or General Management of the affairs of the Society 
shall be introduced, discussed, or determined. 
§ Y. Bye-Laws (Council Meetings). 
1. The Council shall meet at least once every month from 
November to June inclusive, or at any other time and on 
such days as they may deem expedient. The President, or any 
three Members of the Council, may at any time call a Special 
Meeting, to which the whole Council shall be summoned. 
2. At Council Meetings three shall be a quorum ; the decision 
of the majority shall be considered as the decision of the 
Meeting, and the Chairman shall have a casting vote. 
3. Minutes of the proceedings shall be taken by one of the 
Secretaries, or, in case of his absence, by some other Member 
present, whom the Chairman may appoint ; which minutes shall 
afterwards be entered in a minute-book kept for that purpose, 
and read at the next Meeting of the Council, when, if found 
correct, they shall be signed by the Chairman. 
§ YI. Bye-Laws (Papers). 
1. Papers presented to be read before the Society shall, when 
read, be considered as the property of the Society, unless there 
shall have been any previous engagement with its author to the 
contrary; and the Council may cause the same to be published 
in any way and at any time they may think proper after having 
