Meetings, Officers, &c.

18. The Executive Council shall consist of a President, three Vice-Presidents three Trustees, Secretary, Treasurer, Librarian, and twenty Members of Committee, nine of whom shall form a quorum.

19. The Executive Council and two Auditors shall be elected by ballot at the Annual Meeting; they shall hold office for one year, and be eligible for re-election, and shall be nominated verbally or in writing to the Secretary, with the consent of the nominee, not less than seven days prior to the Annual Meeting.

20. Any Member of the Executive Council absenting himself from three consecutive Meetings, without a satisfactory explanation, shall be deemed to have vacated his office: and any vacancy occurring, through resignation or otherwise, shall be filled at the next Ordinary Meeting of the Association.

21. The Executive Council Meetings, for the Election of Members and transacting Executive Business, shall be held each month.

22. The Ordinary General Meetings, for receiving contributions and transaction of general business, shall be held every quarter.

23. Annual Meetings, for receiving Committee's and Auditors' Reports and Balance Sheet, the Election of Officers, and transacting any other business that may be deemed of sufficient importance by a vote of the Meeting, shall be held at such times and places as the Council shall determine.

24. Special Meetings may be called by the Executive at any time.

25. The Executive shall call a Special Meeting upon a requisition, signed by not less than 50 Members, fourteen days prior to holding the Meeting, due notice of which Meeting shall be given by circular to every member not less than seven days prior to date of Meeting. No business, other than that of which due notice has been given, shall be transacted.

26. Rules shall in no case be adopted, altered, or rescinded, unless at a Special Meeting called for that purpose, and thereat carried by an absolute majority; and due notice of every new rule, alteration, or rule proposed to be rescinded, must be forwarded to the Secretary.

27. The Secretary shall keep minutes of the proceedings of all Meetings of the Association, and of all Meetings of the Council; keep all books, issue members' cards, receive and hand weekly to the Treasurer all monies, furnish quarterly financial statements, transact all correspondence, and hand over all books, papers, and monies of the Association in his possession, at the request of the Association.

page 5

28. The Treasurer shall pay in all monies received to the Bank of the Association weekly, and present the Bank Pass-books and Vouchers for all payments weekly to the Secretary, and to each yearly Meeting of the Association; and the Bank Passbooks made up to date to every Quarterly Meeting.

29. The property of the Association shall be vested in the Trustees of the Association.

30. All payments shall be made by cheque, signed by the Treasurer, and three Trustees.

31. When convening the Annual Meeting, the Secretary shall issue a circular epitomising the year's proceedings for the information of Members generally.

32. At every Meeting of the Association, the President, or one of the Vice Presidents, shall take the chair, or, in their absence, a Chairman shall be elected, and he shall regulate the proceedings, decide questions, keep order, and carry into effect all the rules of the Association. His decision in all disputes shall be final, and he may always exercise, at his discretion, his right to vote.

33. The Secretary shall be paid a salary fixed by the Association.

34. The Treasurer shall be paid a salary of 1s. per year.

35. The Executive Council, subject to the ratification of the Association, shall, when possible, engage a Lecturer, who may also be an Officer of this Association, at a remuneration agreed to by both parties.