LAWS. 
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44. No business shall be transacted on lecture nights except 
the nomination of candidates, the election of Members, or the dis- 
posal of communications which may require immediate attention. 
45. The day or hour of meeting may be suspended or altered by 
the President or Council if any unforeseen circumstances should 
arise, satisfactory reasons for so doing being given to the Society at 
the earliest opportunity. 
46. All notices and recommendations, after having been submitted 
to the Society, shall be placed in some conspicuous situation in the 
Athenaeum until they shall have been determined on. 
47. ~No question or proposal having been determined once in a 
session by the votes of the Society shall be again revived during 
that session. 
48. On the first Thursday in April of every year the " Annual 
Meeting " of the Lecturing Members shall be held, to receive the 
annual reports, elect the Officers, and consider any proposed alter- 
tion in the laws. 
N.B. The Anniversary Meeting is held on the evening of May 1st 
in every year, unless the day should fall on a Sunday or Saturday. 
49. The President may, on his own authority at any time, 
convene a Special Meeting of the Lecturing Members. The 
President, or in his absence one of the Vice-Presidents, shall, 
on the requisition of eight Lecturing Members, convene a Special 
Meeting of Lecturing Members to consider and dispose of any 
particular business. 
50. No laws shall be enacted or varied except with the consent 
of the majority of the Members present at the Annual Meeting, or 
a Special Meeting convened under the last law, and in either case 
after fourteen days' notice to each Member specifying the nature of 
the proposed alteration, one-half of the Lecturing Members being 
required to constitute a Special Meeting competent for the purpose. 
LECTUEES. 
51. On the first Thursday in October the session shall commence 
with an address from the President, or any retrospects of the 
progress of Science, Literature, or Art, or a lecture. 
