



214 THE NORTHERN MICROSCOPIST. 

days before the Annual General Meeting. If no nominations are made by the mem- 
bers, or the nominations are not sufficient, the Council shall nominate the requisite 
number to fill the posts. 
VG 
That every candidate for membership, whether lady or gentleman, must be pro- 
posed and seconded at an ordinary meeting, and voted for at the next ; that a majority 
of two-thirds of the members present at such meeting shall be necessary for election ; 
and that on payment of the subscription, such member shall be entitled to the privi- 
leges of the Nociety, 
NAW 
The Secretary shall, in December of each year, write to each member of the Society 
whose subscription is in arrear, requesting immediate payment, when (if his re- 
quest be not complied with before the end of the following January) the Council shall 
prepare a list of the names and addresses of such members, which shall be read out at 
the Annual General Meeting, and the persons dealt with as the majority of members 
present think fit. 
WA EL . 
That the Annual Subscription be five shillings—payable in advance, and due on the 
first of January in each year; but any member joining after Midsummer shall, for 
that year, be liable for half the subscription only. 
_ There et be an entrance fee of five shillings so soon as the Council deem fit to 
impose it. 
A voluntary fund shall be formed for the purchase of books, specimens, instruments, 
&c,, to which the members are invited to subscribe. 
Vili: 
The following Meetings shall be held by the Society :—— 
(a.) Council Meetings, convened by circular by the Secretary, as instructed by the 
Committee, at times most convenient to the majority. 
(b.) Ordinary Meetings of the members to be held on the first Thursday in each 
month, commencing at 7 p.m. and close not later than 10 p.m. 
(c.) Annual General Meetings to be held on the last Thursday in February in each 
year ; and 
(d.) All other meetings to be called Special General Meetings. 
LX: 
- The Annual General Meeting shall be convened by circular, and held on the last 
Thursday in February in each year, when the minutes of the last Annual Meeting 
shall be read, together with a report of the proceedings of the past year, the Trea- 
surer’s audited accounts submitted, the Officers for the ensuing year elected by ballot 
amongst the members present, and other business relating to the general interests of 
the Society transacted. The members must vote personally : no proxies will be 
allowed, The Auditors and Scrutators shall be appointed by a majority of votes at 
the Annual General Meeting. 
Xe 
That at all ordinary meetings the following be the order of business :—The minutes 
of the last meeting shall be read and confirmed ; new members proposed or elected ; 
communications made (if any); papers read and discussed ;—after which the meeting 
shall resolve itself into a conversazione. 
ely 
That a record be kept by the Secretary of all the proceedings of the Society, and 
that this, together with a list of the members and their addresses, be open to the in- 
spection of any member of the Society. 
XII. 
That any member may introduce a friend to any ordinary meeting ; but no visitor 
shall be allowed to be present at more than two meetings in a session. 
PGC 
That the Council for the time being be the nominal custodian of the property and 
effects of the Society, and be empowered to invest the funds thereof in any way the 
majority think fit for the general welfare of the Society. 
XIV. 
That honorary members shall be admissible, among whom may be included per- 
sons distinguished for their attainments in Microscopy, and that such honorary 
members shall be nominated by the Committee, elected by a majority at a General 
Meeting, and have all the privileges of ordinary members, except that of voting. 
Special General Meetings may be convened at any time by the Hon. Sec., on receipt 
of a requisition signed by_at least 20 members of the Society, by sending a notice to 
each member of the Society, stating the object of the meeting, at least 14 days be- 
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