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4. The officers above named shall first be balloted for by separate ballots, in the order mentioned, and one ballot shall thereafter be taken for members of the Council without office. If in any case the votes are equal, the decision shall

be by ballot.

5. Each Section shall elect its officers at the meeting of the Section last preceding the annual meeting of the Institute above referred to. If there are ten members of the Section present thereat, or if during the session the Section shall have held three meetings, each attended by ten members, the Chairman elected at such meetings shall be thereby held to be nominated as a member of the Council, in terms of Clause 1 of this Section, but not otherwise.

The new Council shall enter upon their duties on the Saturday following their election.

SECTION III.

OF THE AUDITORS.

Two Auditors shall be appointed at the last ordinary meeting in March of each year; one by the members, the other by the Chairman at that meeting. They shall audit the accounts of the Institute for the year, and present their report to the Council at least one week before the annual general meeting.

SECTION IV.

OF THE COUNCIL.

1. The Council shall meet at least once a month during the session, or oftener if necessary.

2. Any two members of the Council may, by letter to the Secretary, require a special meeting to be called, and two days' notice of such meeting must be given to each member of the Council.

3. At any meeting of the Council five members thereof shall constitute a quorum.

4. The Council shall have power to appoint committees for special purposes, and such committees shall report to the Council.

5. The Council shall present at the annual general meeting a report on the state of the Institute, in which shall be given an abstract of all the proceedings, and of the receipts and expenditures, during the year ending March 31st next before such meeting.

6. In the event of any office becoming vacant before the annual general meeting, by death or otherwise, the Council shall have power to fill the vacancy; and in the event of any officer being unable to perform his duties, the Council shall have power to relieve him from their performance, and appoint another to act in his stead.

SECTION V.

OF THE DUTIES OF OFFICERS.

1. The President shall have the general direction of the affairs of the Institute subject to the Regulations, preside at all meetings of the Institute or the Council at which he is present, and regulate and keep order in the proceedings.

2. The Vice-Presidents shall (in the order of their precedence) discharge these duties in the absence of the President.

3. In the absence from any meetings of the President and Vice-Presidents, the members present may elect one of their number to take the chair.

4. The Treasurer shall receive for or on account of the Institute all moneys payable to it, keep an account thereof, and deposit them forthwith in one of the Banks in the city of Toronto to the account of and for the use of the Institute, unless otherwise ordered by the Council. No money shall be paid out except by order of the Council.

5. The Secretary shall keep the seal of the Institute and send out the notices provided for in these Rules. He shall take minutes of all the proceedings of the Institute and of the Council, enter them in proper books, and read at each meeting the minutes of the previous meeting. Subject to the direction of the Chairman he shall bring before the meeting all business matters according to the order established in these regulations and conduct the correspondence of the Institute.

6. The Secretaries of Sections shall perform the like duties for their respective Sections, and shall, on or before the 20th day of April of each year, present to the Council a report on the work done by their Sections and the list of their members during the past year. If no such report be made, or if a Section have not held at least two meetings during the year, it shall, ipso facto, cease to

exist.

7. An assistant Secretary may be appointed by the Council, who shall hold office during their pleasure. They shall define his duties and fix his remuneration.

8. The Editor shall have charge of the publication of the Transactions of the Institute in conjunction with an Editing Committee to be nominated by the Council from among its members at the first meeting thereof after the Annual meeting. All papers or abstracts of papers read before the Institute and intended for publication shall be handed to the Editor at the close of the meetings at which they are read, or as soon as possible thereafter, and the decision as to publishing any paper shall rest with the Editing Committee.

Every report of any Section, Committee or officer of the Institute shall be made to the Council and approved by them before publication.

9. The Librarian shall have the care of all books, documents, plans, drawings,

and the general superintendence of the same, under the direction of the Council. He shall keep a list of all donations to the library, and report them to the Council.

10. The Curator shall have charge of the museums and of all models and specimens deposited therein, and the general superintendence of the same, under the direction of the Council. He shall keep a list of all contributions and contributors to the museums, and report them to the Council at the next meeting.

Assistant Curators may be appointed by the Sections, and shall assist the Curator in the care of the museums and the specimens contained in them so far as relates to their own departments.

SECTION VI.

OF MEETINGS.

1. The ordinary meetings of the Institute shall be held at such times as the Council shall direct, but may be changed by resolution of the Institute at any general meeting, after one month's notice. Until otherwise ordered, they shall be held at 20 o'clock on each Saturday from 1st November to 1st of May.

2. The ordinary meetings of Sections shall take place at the times agreed upon by those sections, with the approval of the Council.

3. Special meetings of the Institute may be called :

:

(a) By the Council, giving six days' notice in writing, and sending the same by messenger or by mail to the last known address of every member.

(b) By the President, or, in his absence, a Vice-President, on being required so to do by at least twelve members. Such requisition must be in writing, specifying its object. The same notice should be given as in the preceding clause provided.

At such special meetings, twelve members shall constitute a quorum, and no motion shall be deemed carried unless there be such quorum present at the vote, and a majority vote in its favor.

4. Special meetings of Sections may be called by their Chairmen in any way authorised by their rules.

5. At the ordinary meetings of the Institute, the following order of business shall be observed as closely as circumstances will admit :—

(") The minutes of the previous meeting shall be read, and after correction (if necessary) and approval, shall be confirmed by the signature of the Chairman, and no entry shall be valid unless this is done.

(b) Nominations of candidates for admission.

(c) Business arising out of the minutes.

(d) Communications and donations received since the last meeting.

(e) Communications from Council and from Sections.

Librarian and Curator.

(f) Notices of motion.

(g) New business.

Reports from

(h) Election of candidates.

One ballot shall be taken for all the

candidates proposed on the same day, but if negative votes appear, each candidate shall be separately balloted for under Section I., clause 2.

(i) The reading of papers.

(j) Discussion thereof and remarks thereon.

(k) Announcements.

SECTION VII.

OF BRANCH SOCIETIES.

On the petition of ten or more persons, members of the Institute, or desirous of becoming members, and resident in any city or town in Canada, other than Toronto, the Council may make arrangements (subject to confirmation by the Institute at a special meeting) for the establishment at such places of branches of the Institute, to be governed as sections are.

SECTION VIII.

OF THE PROPERTY OF THE INSTITUTE.

1. The control of the property and effects of the Institute shall be vested in the Council.

2. No papers, plans, maps, or other property belonging to the Institute, shall be taken out of the rooms thereof, excepting under the rules to that end made and provided, but every member shall have a right to inspect the same at such hours as the Council may appoint.

3. Every person desirous of bequeathing to the Institute any manuscripts, books, maps, plans, drawings, instruments, geological, botanical, or other specimens, natural curiosities, works of art or manufacture, real estate or personal property, is requested to make use of the following form in his will, viz. :-"I give and bequeath to the CANADIAN INSTITUTE, incorporated by Royal Charter, November 4th, 1851 (here enumerate and particularize the effects or property intended to be bequeathed), and I hereby declare that the receipt of the Treasurer of the said Institute for the time being shall be an effectual discharge to my executors for the said legacy."

SECTION IX.

OF VISITORS.

Members may introduce their friends or strangers visiting the city to the meetings of the Institute or to the reading rooms and museums under such regulations as the Council may from time to time make, and the Institute approve.

SECTION X.

AGREEMENT WITH THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.

Nothing in these Resolutions shall interfere with rights enjoyed under a special agreement heretofore made with the Natural History Society of Toronto.

SECTION XI.

OF ALTERING THE REGULATIONS.

These Regulations shall come into force on the first day of July, 1892.

A motion to alter them may be made at the annual general meeting, or at a special general meeting called for the purpose, and not otherwise; and notice of the proposed alteration shall be given at two consecutive ordinary meetings prior thereto.

APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP.

[Form A.]

To The Canadian Institute:

I, the undersigned, proposing to become a

of the Canadian

Institute, do hereby promise that I will be governed by the Royal Charter and by the Regulations and By-laws of the said Institute, and I promise to promote its objects as far as shall be in my power, and to attend the meetings thereof as often as I conveniently can.

Witness my hand, this

day of

189

We, the undersigned, consider the applicant a fit and proper person to belong to the Canadian Institute.

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