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in the interim those present at the informal meeting should wisely 
consider who should be proposed as Vice-Presidents and Com- 
mittee, getting their consent also for nomination. 
During the first year, and especially at the first election, it is 
inadvisable—nay, decidedly impolitic—to have more nominations 
than there are vacancies to fill. By arranging this quietly before 
the meeting, no petty jealousies are excited, and the Society 
is bound to travel more smoothly. If care has been exercised 
in the selection of the Council, and a good, honest list prepared, 
it may be depended on to pass; but if, on the contrary, it has 
not been carefully selected, there will be endless discussion and 
annoyance. 
At the opening of the meeting, the Chairman sets forth the object 
for which the gentlemen have been called together, after which the 
following resolutions may be put forthwith :— 
1. That it is desirable a Microscopical and Natural History So- 
ciety should be established for the town of ; 
2. That the Society be called The Microscopical Society. 
3. That all members signing the memorandum lying upon the 
table be admitted original members of the Society without the pay- 
ment of an entrance fee. 
4. That the following members be elected as members of the 
first Council, v7s., President, four Vice-Presidents, twelve members 
of Committee, Treasurer, Librarian, Curator, and Hon. Sec. 
5. That a series of Rules be drafted by the Council, such draft 
to be in the hands of the members on or before the first monthly 
meeting, when they shall be brought up for amendment or 
adoption. 
6. That the meetings of the Society be held once in each 
month, at such time and place as may be decided upon by the 
Council. 
After these resolutions have been carried, the President declares 
the Society in existence, makes a few remarks upon the value of 
a good knowledge of Microscopy, and adjourns the meeting to 
some previously decided date, at which he delivers his inaugural 
address ; the Committee, in the meantime, taking steps to ensure 
a good attendance, and finding subjects to amuse and instruct 
those present, either by means of short lectures, illustrated by 
diagrams, or sciopticon, or by the holding of a Soiree, where many 
microscopes display such objects as are generally entertaining. 



