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THE CHARTER, BYE-LAWS, REGULATIONS,

AND GRANT OF ARMS, &c.

The Capitals refer to the Sections of the CHARTER; the figures in Brackets to
the Bye-Laws; and the small letters to the Regulations.

Annual General Meeting to be held for the Election of Council,

Auditors, and other purposes, (s. 1.)

Mode of conducting, (s. 13.)

Arbitration Rooms, Regulations of, xli.
Arms, Grant of

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Auditors to be Three in number, (s. 11.)

Annually go out of Office, (ss. 11. 45.)

Vacancy filled by General Meeting, (ss. 13. 46.)
Qualification, ten years' standing, (s. 47.)

Name of Person proposed to be sent, (s. 48.)

re-eligible, (s. 49.)

Resignation, (s. 50.)

Duties of Auditors, (s. 51.)

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Report of Receipts and Disbursements to be read to Annual
Meeting, (s. 13.)

Ballot, at General Meeting, (s. 13.)

for Admission of Members, i.

kept open two hours, (s. 13.)

Boxes for Members in Ante-room, vii.

Bye-Laws,

General Meeting may make and alter, XII.

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Notice of motion to repeal, alter, or make, (ss. 16. 18.)

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if proposed by Council, and passed, no confirmation necessary;
otherwise, subsequent meeting to confirm; notice in Hall,
and by circular, (s. 17.)

articled to Members, admitted to Library, XII., (s. 32.), iv.

Club-room (ss. 36. 41.)

Committees, appointment of, xlvii.

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Corporate Bodies empowered to grant land &c. to the Society, V.
Council of the Society to consist of not more than thirty, nor less
than twenty Members, VIII.

who are eligible to be members of, VIII. (s. 21.)
Annual Election of ten members, of (s. 11.)
Meetings of, XI. (s. 31.)

Rotation of going out of Office, (s. 23.), xlii.

Vacancies, how supplied, (s. 24.)

Qualification, practitioner of ten years' standing, (s. 25.)

re-eligible immediately, (s. 26.)

Continuance in Office, (ss. 11. 27.)

Resignation, (s. 28.)

Notice of proposed Members of, (s. 29.)

to regulate manner of admitting Members, (s. 30.)

to regulate Proceedings at their Meetings (s. 31.)

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regulate opening and closing Hall, Library, &c., and admitting

Clerks, (s. 32.)

fix Subscriptions of Members, (ss. 33, 34.)

admit Subscribers, (s. 35.)

appropriate Club-rooms, (s. 36.)

suspend Members of the Society, (s. 37.)

suspend Members of Council, (s. 38.)

permit Secretary, &c., to reside in the Building, (s. 40.)

let fire-proof Rooms, Club-room, &c., (s. 41.)

pay Salaries and Wages, (s. 42.)

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Election of President, Vice-President, ten of the Council, and three
Auditors annually, (s. 11.)

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by show of hands, unless Ballot demanded by ten Members,
(s. 13.)

Transmission of names of persons proposed as Council (s. 29.)

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as Auditors, (s. 48.)

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Exclusion of Members from Society for Misconduct, (s. 65.)

Fire-proof Rooms, letting of, (ss. 32. 41.)

Hours of attendance, xxvi.

General Meetings. See Meetings.

Gifts to Society of Land, &c. V.

Government of the Society, by a President, Vice-President, and
Council, VIII.

Librarian, appointment of, by the Council, XI.

Letters sent by post, considered to have reached the Members, (s. 60.) 20

to enforce Rules of Library, xviii.

Library, time of opening and closing, (s. 32.), viii.

who to be admitted, ix.

Books not to be taken away, xii.

when may be removed, xiii.

Books, replacing, x.

no conversation in, xvi.

Injury to Books, xv.

Subscribers' Seats, xvii.

Malpractice, Members rendered incapable of practising for, to cease
to be Members, VI.

Management of the Society by the Council, XI.

Meeting, Annual General, to be held in May, XIII.

First General, to be held within six months from date of
Charter, and the Annual Meeting in the month of May, XIII.
Place and time of holding General, (s. 1.)

Special General may be called by Council (s. 2.)

Twenty Members may require, (s. 3.)

Object of, to be stated, (s. 4.)

Council to call Meeting, (s. 4.)

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Ten of Requisitionists may call if Council refuse, (s. 4.)
Notice of, to be fixed up in Hall, and sent to each Member,

Special General, (s. 14.)

Meeting, General, to concur in sale, mortgage, &c. IV.

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may be held as occasions require, XIII.
may make Bye-laws for the government of the Society,
fixing Number of Council, supplying Vacancies,
Meetings of Council, admitting and removing
Members, &c., XII.

may alter Bye-laws, XII.

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Members of the Society at the time of the Surrender of the former

Charter, incorporated by this Charter, I.
Admission of, by Council, X.

who are eligible to be, X.

Mode of admitting, i

of the Society to be indefinite in number, VII.

Admission Fee, (s. 52.)

Form of Proposal of, i.

Subscription, (s. 53.), ii. iii.

not admitted till Fee and Subscription paid, (s. 54.)

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disqualified, if rendered incapable of practising by order of
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Rights of, suspended until Admission Fee and Subscription
paid, (s. 54.)

Exclusion for nonpayment of Subscription, (s. 55.)

Names and Residences to be entered in Roll Book, (s. 57.)

Change of Residence, (s. 58.)

Roll Book to be Evidence, (s. 59.)

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Name of the Corporation, I.

Names of the First President, Vice-President, and Council, IX.

Notices by letter to be sent by Post, (s. 60.)

of Motions to alter Bye-laws, (ss. 16. 18.)

in Hall and by Circular, (s. 18.)

Number of Members of the Society to be indefinite, VII.

Objections to irregularity of Proceedings, (s. 20.)

Officers, appointment of, by the Council, XI.

Residence in Building, (s. 40.), li.

Payments by Order of Council, xlix.

President, Vice-President, and Council, for the rule and government

at all Meetings to take the Chair, XIV., xliv.

Proceedings, Minutes of, (s. 19.)

Purchase of Land, &c. to a limited extent, III. ·

Qualification of Council, VIII. (s. 21.)

President, VIII., (s. 21.)
Auditors, (s. 47.)

Quorum of Council to be Five, XI.

Registry Office,

Admission of Clerks of Members, xx.

Books for registering Information, xxi.
Fee for Entries in Books, xxii.
Particulars of Sale, xxiii.

Cause Lists, &c. xxv.

Regulations made by the Council

Resignation of Council, (s. 28.)

Rooms for Meetings, &c., xli.

Rotation of Council in going out of Office, (s. 23.)

Salaries, (s. 42.)

Sale of Land, &c., IV.

Scrutineers of Ballot, (s. 13.)

Seal, Common, II., (s. 43.), l.

Secretary, Appointment of, by the Council, XI.
Servants, Appointment of, by the Council, XI.
Special General Meeting, Council may call, (s. 2.)
Members may call, (s. 5.)
Business of, (s. 12.)

Strong Rooms. See Fire-proof Rooms.
Subscription of Town Members, (ss. 33. 53.), ii. -
of Country Members, (ss. 34. 53.), ii.
of Persons not Members, (s. 35.)
if unpaid, Election suspended, (s. 54.)

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Suits by or against the Society, I.
Supporters, Grant of,

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Suspension of Members of Society, (s. 37.)
of Members of Council, (s. 38.)

General Meeting on such Suspension, (s. 39.)

stated at Annual General Meetings, (s. 13.)

Vacancies, filling up and Notice of, (s. 24.)

Vice-President, annually elected, (ss. 11.21.)

who are eligible for the Office of, (s. 21.)

in the absence of the President to take the Chair, XIV. xliv. 8. 29

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