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17. —The Council shall have power to form any Section or Sub- Sections 
Section, to consist of not less than six Members, for the study of any 
special ’subject which the Council may deem within the scope of the 
Society’s work. They shall annually appoint the Chairman, of any such 
Section or Sub-Section on the nomination of that Section or Sub- 
Section. 
A Section shall consist of those Members who attend in each year 
not less than three meetings of such Section. 
The Chairman of each Section shall appoint a Secretary, who in 
addition to the ordinary secretarial duties shall keep a list of the Mem¬ 
bers of the Section. 
18. —Each Sectional Chairman shall be responsible for the prepara- Sectional 
tion and arrangement of each Sectional Meeting and' Exclusion, and Meetings 
shall submit details of the same to the Hon. Secretary for submission 
to the next ensuing Meeting of the Council. He shall submit accounts 
of costs incurred by him to the Hon. Treasurer, after each Meeting 
or Excursion, who shall lay the same before the Council at their next 
ensuing Meeting. At the first Meeting of each Section or Sub- 
Section in the Year, after the Annual Meeting, such Section or Sub- 
Section shall nominate its Chairman. 
19. —A book for each Section shall be provided by the Secretaries 
to be kept at the Society’s Room; each Chairman of Section, or his 
Secretary shall enter therein an account of each Meeting, with number 
of Members attending, and notes of any matters of interest observed 
or discussed. Such book to be presented at each Meeting of the Coun¬ 
cil. Every Chairman of Section shall report at each Meeting of the 
Council. Every Chairman of Section shall report as to the work of his 
■section at the Annual Meeting of the Society. 
20. —Any Members of the Council other than Ex-officio Members 
who shall have failed to attend half the Meetings of the Council held in 
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any one year, provided that such non-attendance be not caused by ill¬ 
ness or absence abroad, shall not be eligible for re-election, except by 
desire of the Members present at the Annual Meeting. 
21. —The President need not necessarily be selected from Members The 
of the Society, and shall be elected annually. He shall deliver an Presi< fent 
Address at as early a date in the Winter Session as can be arranged. 
22. —Any Member of the Society who, in the opinion of the Council, presidents 
shall have rendered distinguished service to Science or to the Society, 
shall be eligible for election as a Vice-President at the Annual Meet¬ 
ing, as long as he or she remains a Member of the Society. 
23. —Each of the Vice-Presidents in rotation shall be requested to 
act as Chairman at the General Meetings of the Society. 
24. —The Secretaries shall perform all the usual secretarial work,; Secretaries 
shall keep minutes of all Council Meetings, and the Annual Meeting, 
and a synopsis of all General Meetings. They shall cause a programme 
of each General Meeting to be sent to every Member seven days at 
least before each such Meeting. They shall make all preparations for 
carrying out all General Meetings and General Excursions, at which 
they shall receive from each Member his or her share of the day’s ex¬ 
penses, and therefrom defray all costs of the Meeting. Any surplus of 
such collection shall go to the General Fund, and any deficit be defrayed 
out of that fund. They shall keep an account of all out-of-pocket ex¬ 
penses incurred in arranging Meetings and otherwise. They shall give 
notice of their election to all new members, they shall furnish a copy 
of the Annual Report to all Members who have paid their subscription, 
to Honorary Members, and to any such Scientific Societies as the 
Council may from time to time appoint to receive them. 
