RULES. 
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Member of the Society ; and contributors, within one year, 
of ten guineas or upwards shall be Life Members of the 
Society ; and any person who may render special services to 
the Society, by contribution of stock or otherwise, shall be 
eligible for life membership, and may be elected as such by 
the Council, or by any annual general meeting. 
3. All the property of the Society shall vest in the Property ^ 
Council for the time being, for the use, purposes, and benefit Council, 
of the Society. 
4. The Society shall be governed by a Council of twelve Ex^tive 
Members, to include a President, two Vice-Presidents, and an 
Honorary Treasurer, who shall annually retire from office, and Council, 
three other Members (viz., those who have attended the fewest 
Meetings of the Council proportionately since their appoint- 
ment) shall also retire annually, but shall be eligible for 
re-election, subject to Rule 13. Provided that if any sum of 
money be voted to the Society by Act of Parliament, or trusts 
conferred upon the Council by the Government, then it shall be 
lawful for the Chief Secretary for the time being to appoint, 
if he consider it expedient, any number of gentlemen, not 
exceeding three, to act as Members of the Council, and they 
shall have all the privileges as if otherwise duly elected. 
5. In case of a vacancy occurring by the death, resignation, vacancy in 
or non-attendance Of any Member of the Council for a period of how sup- 
tWO months, without leave of the Council, the remaining 
Members shall, in due course, appoint another Member of the 
Society to be a Member of the Council in the place and stead 
of the Member who shall so resign or absent himself ; but 
such new Member shall be nominated at an ordinary meeting 
of the Council prior to the meeting at which he is elected. 
6. In case of a vacancy occurring by the death or resig- council to 
nation of the President, Vice-President, or Hon. Treasurer, vacancies, 
the Council may appoint from amongst themselves, or the 
other Members of the Society, a person to fill the^vacancy so 
occurring, and the person elected shall hold officej only until 
the next Annual Meeting ; but shall be eligible_for re-election 
