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LAWS OF THE SOCIETY. 
Adjourned 
Meetings. 
Right of 
V oting. 
Chairman 
in President’s 
absence. 
Hours of 
Meeting. 
Decision of 
Questions. 
Officers. 
Council. 
IV. Adjourned Meetings shall have the same powers as 
the Meetings from which they were adjourned. 
V. Subscribing Members alone, shall have the right of 
voting at a Meeting. 
VI. If the President shall not attend any General 
Meeting, he shall appoint a Vice-President or Member of 
the Council to take the Chair, and shall communicate the 
appointment to the Secretaries. In failure of such com¬ 
munication, the Council shall elect a Chairman for the 
Meeting. 
VII. The Chair shall be taken at the Annual Meeting 
at Twelve o’Clock at noon; at the General Meetings, at One 
o’Clock p. m. or as soon afterwards as Five Members shall 
have assembled. 
VIII. Questions proposed at a Meeting shall be deter¬ 
mined by a majority of votes; and if the votes be equal, the 
Chairman shall have a second, or casting vote. 
SECTION II. 
OFFICERS AND COUNCIL. 
I. A President and Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, and 
Secretaries, shall be chosen out of the Subscribing Members, 
every year, at the Annual Meeting, and shall be re-eligible 
from year to year. 
II, The Affairs of the Society shall be conducted, in con¬ 
formity with the Laws, by these Officers, and a Council 
consisting of twelve "Subscribing Members. 
