STANDING RULES. 
XIII 
lie over for at least four weeks before final action. At least fif¬ 
teen ballots shall be cast to determine an election. Blanks shall 
not be counted as ballots. Affirmative ballots to the number of 
four-fifths of those cast shall be necessary to an election. 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. 
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 con¬ 
sent of a quorum any rule except numbers 6 and 7 of the Stand¬ 
ing Rules of the General Committee may be temporarily sus¬ 
pended. 
