shall, in his presence, immediately put such List or Lists into the respective Glasses; and the Name of each Fellow who shall so deliver in his List or Lists shall be marked on a printed List of the Fellows, by the Secretary, or by the Person officiating in his stead.

VI. When the Ballot for the Council shall have been closed, the President or Vice-President in the Chair shall appoint Three Scrutineers, not Members of the Council, to examine the Lists, and report the Result of the Ballot: One of those Scrutineers shall open and read aloud cach List deposited in the Balloting Glass, and file it, while the other Two Scrutineers shall mark the Names; and when all the Lists shall be drawn and read, the Scrutineers shall cast up the Number of the Votes for each Person, whether to be removed from or elected into the Council, and shall report the same to the President or Vice-President in the Chair, who shall then declare the Five Persons for whose Removal from the Council there shall be the Majority of Votes, to be removed accordingly; and the Five Persons for whose Election there shall be a Majority of Votes, to be elected Members of the Council for the ensuing Year accordingly.

VII. When the Members of the Council for the ensuing Year shall have been declared, and not before, the President or VicePresident in the Chair shall appoint the same or Three other Scrutineers, not being Members of the Council, to examine the Lists and report the Result of the Ballot for President, Treasurer, and Secretary; and such Examination and Report being made agreeably to the Directions contained in the preceding Section respecting the Council, the President or Vice-President in the Chair shall declare those who have the Majority of Votes to be the Persons elected to the respective Offices.

VIII. If any List should contain more than the proper Number

of Names, or if any List for Officers should include the Name of any Person not being a Member of the Council, such List shall be set aside, and not taken any account of by the Scrutineers in casting up the Number of Votes.

IX. In case of an Equality of Votes for the Removal from the Council, or for the Election of Two or more Persons, whose Number together shall exceed the Number to be removed or elected exclusive of those having a Majority of Votes, the Excess of such Number shall be secluded by Lots, to be prepared by the Scrutineers and drawn by the President or Vice-President in the Chair; and the Person or Persons whose Name or Names shall remain undrawn shall be declared to be removed from or elected into the Council, or elected to any of the Offices, as the Case may be.

X. If Twenty-one Fellows at least do not appear and give in their Balloting Lists during the Time limited for keeping the Ballot for the Council open, or if any Question should arise in the course of an Election, respecting the Forms thereof, and cannot be decided by the Fellows present, the Election shall be adjourned to the next convenient Day, of which Notice by Letter shall be given to all the Fellows of the Society, in the same Manner as is directed in the First Section of this Chapter.

XI. In case of a Vacancy in the Council, or among the Officers of the Society, happening during the Intervals of the Anniversary Elections, the Council shall appoint a Special General Meeting, for the Purpose of filling up such Vacancy; and the Summons for such Meeting, and the Proceedings at it, shall, as far as Circumstances will admit, be after the same Manner as is directed for the Anniversary Elections.

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CHAPTER IX.

Of the President.

SECT. I. The Business of the President shall be to preside in all the Meetings, and regulate all the Debates of the Society, Council, and Committees; to state and put Questions, which shall have been moved and seconded, both in the Affirmative and Negative, according to the Sense and Intention of the Meetings; to call for Reports and Accounts from Committees and others ; to check Irregularities, and to keep all Persons in the Meetings to Order; to cause all Extraordinary Meetings of the Council and Committees to be summoned when necessary; and, generally, to execute, or see to the Execution of, the Statutes and Bye-Laws of the Society.

II. The President shall take place of every Member of the Society, at the ordinary Place of Meeting; and also in all other Places where any Number of the Members shall meet as a Society, Council, or Committee; and, being in the Chair, may be covered, while speaking to or hearing particular Members, notwithstanding their being uncovered.

CHAPTER X.

Of the Treasurer and his Accounts.

SECT. I. The Treasurer, or some Person appointed by him, shall receive for the Use of the Society all Sums of Money due or payable to the Society; and out of such Money shall pay and

disburse

disburse all Sums of Money which may be due from or payable by the Society; and shall keep particular Accounts of all such Receipts and Payments.

II. Every Sum of Money payable on account of the Society, amounting to Five Pounds or upwards, shall be paid by Order of the Council, signed by the President, and registered by the Secretary.

III. All Sums of Money in the Hands of the Treasurer, which there shall not be present Occasion for expending or otherwise disposing of for the Use of the Society, shall be laid out in such Government or other Securities as shall be approved of and directed by the Council.

IV. One Guinea of the Sum to be paid by each Fellow for his Admission-Fee being for the Support of a Fund specially intended for the Increase of the Society's Library, the Treasurer shall keep a separate Account of the Fund so supported, and shall, from Time to Time, report the Amount thereof in his Hands to the Council, who are to give such Directions as they may judge proper relative to the Purchase of Books.

V. The Treasurer shall have and keep a Yearly List of all such Fellows of the Society as shall have paid the Sum appointed in lieu of Annual Contributions; and also of those who Annual Contributions whether of One or Two Guineas; and in pay the this List shall be noted the Times up to which the Annual Contributions shall have been paid, and the Arrears due from cach Fellow respectively.

VI. The Treasurer shall also have and keep a Book of printed Check-Receipts for Annual Contributions; each Receipt to be signed by himself, and to be filled up with the Name of the Fellow paying, the Sum paid, and the Time paid to: these Receipts to be undersigned by the Person who shall receive the

Money

Money on the Treasurer's behalf, who, upon the Delivery of the Receipt to the Fellow paying, is to enter upon that Part of the Check which shall be left in the Book the above Particulars, and also the Day of Payment.

VII. The Treasurer shall demand the Annual Contributions, or cause them to be demanded, of such Persons as shall neglect to make their Payments for Six Months after they become due.

VIII. The Accounts of the Treasurer shall be audited annually, a short Time preceding the Anniversary Mecting, by a Committee consisting of Five Members of the Council, of whom the President and the Secretary to be Two, and of Three Fellows of the Society not Members of the Council, who are to be nominated by the President and approved by the Majority of the Fellows present, such Approval to be determined by Ballot at One of the Two next preceding General Meetings; any Three or more of the said Five Members of the Council, whereof the President and Secretary shall be Two, together with any Two or more of the said Three Fellows, to be a Quorum of the said Committee. The Members of the said Committee who may be of the Council shall make their Report to the Council which shall be held next after such Audit, on or before the Day of the Anniversary Elections; and shall, together with the Members of the said Committee who may not be of the Council, make their Report to the Society upon the Day of the Anniversary Meeting, stating not only the Balance in the Treasurer's Hands, but also the general State of the Funds of the Society.

IX. The Treasurer shall take care that all Writings relating to the Society's Funds and Property, the Bonds given by the Fellows, the Policies of Insurance, and other Securities, be lodged in the Society's Iron Chest.

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