STANDING RULES. 
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may be presented at any meeting of the General Committee, 
but shall lie over for at least two weeks before final action. No 
rejected candidate shall be eligible to membership within twelve 
months from the date of rejection. The Secretary of the General 
Committee shall keep a chronological register of the elections 
and acceptances of members. 
An affirmative vote of three-quarters of the members present 
shall be necessary to an election. 
8. These Standing Rules, and those for the government of the 
Society, shall be modified only with the consent of a majority 
of the members of the General Committee, but by unanimous 
consent of a quorum any rule except numbers 6 and 7 of the 
Standing Rules of the General Committee may be temporarily 
suspended. 
