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PROPOSED BYE-LAWS OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY. 
Charter, 
line 179. 
Charter, 
line 185. 
Charter, 
lines 97, 
11. The Scrutineers shall make to the Chairman a return, 
signed by them, of the names of the Members nominated 
for election, but in the case of an election of Members ot 
the Council, such return shall be exclusive of the names 
of such, if any, Members not being Pharmaceutical Che¬ 
mists as may be certified to be in a minority of their class, 
and the said return shall disclose the number of votes 
given for each Member named therein. 
12. The Chairman of the Meeting shall declare the result of 
every election ; and, in cases where there shall have been 
a poll, shall declare the election to have fallen on the 
Members who, according to the return of the Scrutineers 
contemplated by the last-preceding Bye-law, shall appear 
to have a majority. 
13. The Chairman at any Meeting for the election of Mem¬ 
bers of the Council or Auditors, shall have the power of 
adjourning such Meeting from time to time, with a view 
to the reception of the Report of the Scrutineers, but no 
such adjournment shall extend beyond a period of four 
days. 
SECTION YI. 
COUNCIL. 
1. The Council shall meet at the Society's house on the first 
"Wednesday in every month at eleven o’clock in the fore¬ 
noon. Seven Members shall constitute a quorum, and 
without that number being present no business shall be 
transacted ; before other business is entered on, the mi¬ 
nutes of the preceding monthly and of any subsequent 
meeting or meetings shall be read. 
2. All motions or proposals shall be written, together with 
the names of the mover and seconder, and upon being put 
shall be decided by a show of hands, except in cases of a 
ballot, which may be demanded by any Member. Should 
the numbers be equal, the Chairman shall have a second 
or casting vote. It shall be lawful for the Chairman to 
postpone or adjourn to the next meeting any motion 
whereof notice in w r riting has not been given at a prior 
meeting. 
3. All resolutions carried at the Meetings of the Council, 
except such as relate to the Bye-laws, shall be acted upon 
without confirmation. 
4. The Council shall elect from among themselves a Com¬ 
mittee for General Purposes, a Committee of Einance, a 
Committee for the Library, Museum, and Laboratory, and 
from time to time such other Committees as may be ne¬ 
cessary. The President and Vice-President shall be ex 
ojpcio Members of all Committees, and if present, one of 
them shall preside. 
