3. The affairs of the Society shall be managed by a Council,
consisting of a Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary, and twelve elected
Members, five to make a quorum. Three of the twelve elected Members
shall retire annually by ballot, but they shall be eligible for
re-election.
4. The Annual Subscription to the Society shall be One Guinea. The
publications of the Society shall not be delivered to any Member
whose Subscription is in arrear, and no Member shall be permitted to
receive more than one copy of the Society's publications.
5. The Society will undertake the issue of its own publications,
_i.e._ without the intervention of a publisher or any other paid
agent.
6. The Society will issue yearly two octavo volumes of about 320
pages each.
7. An Annual General Meeting of the Society shall be held on the last
Tuesday in October.
8. Two stated Meetings of the Council shall be held each year, one on
the last Tuesday of May, the other on the Tuesday preceding the day
upon which the Annual General Meeting shall be held. The Secretary,
on the request of three Members of the Council, shall call a special
meeting of the Council.
9. Editors shall receive 20 copies of each volume they edit for the
Society.
10. The owners of Manuscripts published by the Society will also be
presented with a certain number of copies.
11. The Annual Balance-Sheet, Rules, and List of Members shall be
printed.
12. No alteration shall be made in these Rules except at a General
Meeting of the Society. A fortnight's notice of any alteration to be
proposed shall be given to the Members of the Council.