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286 The Library. be amended so that it shall read as follows: (Changes are underlined.) "The election of Officers and Council shall be "conducted by ballot upon a list which shall include all " nominations sent to the Secretary at least 10 days " before the annual meeting. The President and " Vice-Presidents shall be nominated by the Council " but the other officers and members of Council maybe " nominated either by the Council or by the members " at large. Nominations by members must be signed " by at least three members of the Association." (3) That the following rule be added to the Constitution : " The Council may appoint sectional Committees, "the members of which may be selected from the " Council or from the general members of the Asso- "ciation, to deal with various departments of the " Association's work under such conditions as shall " be fixed from time to time by the Council." (4) That Chap. IV., Sec. 3, which at present reads as follows : "The President shall be capable of holding office " for a continuous period of not more than one year," be rescinded. By Mr. J. J. Ogle: That Chap. IV., Sec. i, which at present reads as follows : " The whole affairs of the Association shall be " conducted (subject to the control of annual and special " general meetings) by a Council, consisting of a Presi- " dent, twelve Vice-Presidents, aTreasurer, an Honorary " Solicitor, a Secretary, and thirty-two others, of whom " twelve shall be London and twenty country members. " The above shall be elected at one annual meeting, " and shall bear office until the close of the next. To " these shall be added all Past Presidents and Vice- " Presidents who shall intimate their wish to serve on " the Council," be amended so that it shall read as follows : (Changes are underlined.) " The whole affairs of the Association shall be con- " ducted (subject to the control of annual and special " general meetings) by a Council, consisting of a Presi- " dent, twelve Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, an Honorary " Solicitor, a Secretary, and thirty-two others, of whom " twelve shall be London and twenty country members. " But the Council may remit portions of its work to a "Committee which shall meet as often as is necessary " in the intervals between successive Council meetings, " and this Committee shall submit for confirmation, or " otherwise, a report of its proceedings at each meeting " of the Council. The officers and other members of