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xviii STATUTES, nULES,
CHAPTER lI.
Oj the Powers oJ the C01porate Body.
The Corporate Body of the College sllaU consist as
aforesaid of the President and the Professors.
The presence of not less than ten members shall be
necessary to constitute a meeting for the transaction of
business.
The President or, in his absence, his Deputy, shall
ex-officio be Chairman. In the absence of both the President
and his Deputy from any meeting, the members
present shall elect one from among their number to act
as Chairman.
The Corporate Body shall annually meet and elect
two from among the Professors to be members of the
College Council for the three ensuing years. Out-going
members of Council may be re-elected.
In the year] 863, the Corporate Body shall elect four
other Professors to be members of the Council; two of
them for the ensuing year, and the remaining two for
the two ensuing years.
In case any mem bel' of the College Council shall from
illness or other cause be prevented from performing his
duties, the President shall have power to declare the
office vacant, and the Corporate Body shall thereupon
proceed to the election of another Professor to supply
the vacancy for the unexpired time of office.
The Corporate Body shall so select the Professors
whom they shall elect members of Council that the
Council may constantly include one at least of the
following Professors, that is to say-the Professor of
Anatomy and Physiology, the Professor of Medicine, the
Professor of Surgery, the Professor of Materia Medica,
and the Professor of Midwifery.
The President shall vote in the election of members
of Council only in the event of an equality of votes. In
the absence ofthe President, the Deputy of the President,
or other Professor acting as Chairman, shall, in all
cases, have a vote, but shall not have a second or casting
vote.
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