Rules of the Kent Archaeological Society

1. The Society shall consist of Ordinary Members and Honorary Members. 2. The affairs of the Society shall be conducted by a Council consisting of the President of the Society, the Vice-Presidents, the Honorary Treasurer, the Honorary Secretary, the Honorary Editors, and twenty-four Members elected out of the general body of the Subscribers: one-fourth of the latter shall go out annually i11 TOtation, bnt. shall nevertheless be re-eligible; and such retiring and the new election shall take place at the Annual Genernl Meeting: but any intermediate vacancy, by death or retirement, among the elected Council, shall he filled up either at the General Meet.in􀇷 or at the next Council Meeting, whichever shall first happen. Five Members of the Conucil to constitute a quorum. 3. The Council shall meet to transact the business of the Society on the second Thursday in the month of March in Maidstone, in the month of June in London, in the month of September in Rochester, and in the month of December in Canterbury, and at any other time that the Secretary may deem it expedient to call them together. But tlie Council shall ham power, if it shall deem it advisable, at the instnnce of the }>resident, to hold its Mc􀇸tings at other places within the county; and to alter the dnys of Meeting, or to omit a Quarterly Meeting if it shall he found convenient. 4. The Oou11cil shall appoint one of their Members to be the Hon. Treasurer. His duty shall be to keep an account of all Subscriptions ancl other Receipts and Payments for the Society, nnd on the 31 st December in every year to prepare the Balnnce Sheet for the past year, anrl, nfter it hos been approved by the Auditors, to lay ii before the next Quarterly Meeting of the Council, accompanied by a Statement of all Subscriptions, etc., in nrrear and due to the Society, an