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Eligibility of Members of Council.— No person shall be elij^ible as a 
member ot co\incil unless he be a subscriber to the fuiuls of the Society of at 
least one guinea per annum, and any member of council whose subscription 
shall be in arrear for three months after his subscription is payable shall 
cease to be a member of council. Provided that this rule shall not apply to 
])ersons who may have become life members of the Society, by a payment of 
ten guineas, or who may be honorary members of the Society ; and provided 
also that a month’s notice in writinj^ shall he sent to the memlier so in 
arrear before his place can he fdled uj). 
('). Meetings of Council. — The council shall meet at least once a 
month, three meinhers to form a <|Uorum, and tran.sact the business of the 
Society. And the director shall have power to call a special mectinir of the 
council whenever occasion may recpiire. 
T. Minutes of Proceedings.— :Mimites shall be made in hooks kept for 
the purpose of all iiroceediujrs at general meetings of the members; and 
minutes .‘ihall also be made of the proceedings of the council at their general 
and special iiK-etings, and of the names of the members attending the same, 
and such ininules shall be open to inspectioji by any member of the Society 
at all reasonable times. 
s. Moneys to be Paid to Treasurer.—All subscriptions and other 
moneys received on account of the Society shall l)e paid to the treasurer or 
Mome person authorised by him. who .shall place the same in a bank to’be 
namtMl by the council, to the credit of the Society ; and no sum shall be paid 
an account of the Society until the same .shall have been ordered bv the 
council, and .such order he duly entered in the hook of the proceedings of 
the cHumcib and all che(iues shall he signed by the treasurer as such, and he 
countersigned by the president or one of the vice-presidents, and ’ by the 
director. 
<). Annual Meeting.— An annual meeting of members shall be held 
in the month of Pehruary in each year, and the council shall report their 
-ijrocee.lings during the past year, and shall produce their accounts dulv 
audited for ]nihhcatiou : and the meeting shall elect by ballot the office'- 
hearers for the en.sumg year, au<l fdl up any vacancy which may exi.st in the 
council. 
10 . Medals.— No medal of the Society shall be awarded to anv person 
exceiJt by the vote of at least seven members of council, present at a council 
meeting, and ofter notice of motion for awarding such medal shall have been 
iriveii at the next preceding meeting of the council. 
11. Time of Gardens' Opening and Closing.— The gardens are open 
from half-l-i^^l '•> half-past + p.m. in winter, and 0 p.m. in summer, 
except on Sundays, when the gates are not opened until half-past 1 pm 
jind close at o.dO p.m. 
12. Cogs not allowed in Gardens.—Visitors are not allowed to bring 
dogs into the gardens. A penalty of two pounds is imposed for an offence 
against this regulation, in addition to which the owner of any dog found in 
the gardens will he held responsible for any damage done by*such dog. 
in. Prohibitions.— Vi.sitors are esi>ecially prohibited from leasing or 
dislurbiTig the animals or birds ; also from interrupting the workmen bv 
conversation or otherwise; also from leaving bottles, broken glass or 
crockery, paiier, or litter of any kind in the gardens ; from lighting anv fire 
therein; from ])osling any hills on the fences, houses or trees; and'from 
idaving cricket, foolhall, or other games within the gardens. A’ penally of 
icn'shilliiigs is imposed for an offence again.st this regulation. 
