The Gazette 1975

persons elected at the Council for the first time shall be determined by lot". The effect of this is that if, in an election to the Council, the number of valid nominations equals the number of places vacant, the scrutineers are entitled to declare such candidates elected without printing or issuing any voting papers in respect thereof. 5. That a new Bye-law 41 be enacted as follows:— "41. The Council shall appoint the Director General, (who may also act as Secretary and Registrar of the Society) and all other officers and servants of the Soc- iety and the Council shall have control over all the officers and servants of the Society, and shall have power to grant superannuations to these or any of them, and may from time to time remove or dismiss any of such officers or servants, and appoint others in their places. The Council shall have power to dele- gate some or all of its functions in relation to the Society's officers and servants to the Director General. This new Bye-law is on the same lines as the for- mer Bye-law 41, and provides that the Council may: — (1) appoint the Director General and all other officers and servants of the Society, (2) arrange to have control over all such officers and servants, (3) grant superannuations to any of them, (4) remove or dismiss any such officers or servants and appoint others in their places, (5) delegate all or any of its functions in relation to officers and servants to the Director General. 6. That a new Bye-law 43 relating to the making of regulations be enacted as follows:— "43. The Council may from time to time make Re- gulations for any of the following objects, and may altar or rescind any Regulation so made, provided that no such Regulation may be altered or rescinded by a subsequent Council, unless with the express consent of a majority of the Ordinary Members of such Coun- c i l :— (a) The manner of admitting Members of the Soc- iety, and of conducting the proceedings of the Meet- ings of the Council. (b) The Management of all premises of the Society and for the conduct of business and functions in any such premises. (c) The amounts and payments of all salaries, wages and other allowances to all officers and servants of ihe Society. This provides that the Council may make regulat- ions providing for: — (a) The manner of admitting members of the Society and of conducting Meetings of the Council. (b) The amounts and payments of all salaries and other allowances to all officers and servants of the Society. 7. That Bye-law 50 be revoked This provides for the revocation of Bye-law 50, which stated that presses could be rented to Members at 25p per annum. 147

(f) a resolution altering the amount of the annual subscription." Broadly no resolution whatsoever shall be binding on the Society unless it has been adopted at the Coun- cil and confirmed at the next General Meeting. The following resolutions do not require to be confirmed at a General Meeting, and may be adopted as valid if made exclusively by the Council: — (a) the alteration or repeal of any of the Society's Bye-Laws, (b) The enactment of any new bye-law, (c) A resolution proposed at a Council Meeting which shall have been carried at such meeting, (d) A resolution proposed at a Council Meeting which shall have been carried at such meeting, e) Bye-law 47 states that, provided 20 members of the. Council are present, and 15 vote in favour of the* resolution, that a resolution can be passed suspending a member of the Council. Bye-law 48 provides that, if such resolution of suspension is passed, the Council shall convene a Special Meeting of the Society to be held within 21 days; this Special Meeting shall have power to remove from office the member so suspended, or act as they think fit. Henceforth the Council can act in this matter, without summoning a Special Gen- eral Meeting. (f) Rule 49 provides that the Council may if neces- sary suspend any Member of the Society from member- ship or expel him from the hall during such period as it may decide, provided that such period shall not extend beyond the next General Meeting. 20 Mem- bers of the Council must be present when such sus- pension or expulsion is proposed, and at least 15 mem- bers must vote for it. Henceforth the resolution of toe Council alone, if passed, will be sufficient to expel or suspend a Member. (g) A resolution altering the amount of the Annual Subscription may henceforth be passed by a majority vote of the Council. 3. That an addition to Bye-law 34 be made as follows:— "Where only one candidate is validly nominated to respect of any Province Scrutineers of the Bal- lot shall be empowered to return such candidate for election without the necessity of printing or issuing °f voting papers in respect thereof." This refers to the fact that, in the event of one can- didate alone being validly nominated to a vacancy as Provincial Delegate, the Scrutineers are entitled tc declare such candidate elected without printing oi •ssuing any voting papers in respect thereof. That a new Bye-law 36A be inserted as fol- lows:— "Where the number of valid nominations equals toe number of places vacant, the Scrutineers of the B-allot shall be empowered to return such candidates for; election under Bye-Law 37 without the necessity printing or of issuing of voting papers in respect thereof. In such circumstances, the seniority as between