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Rule VIII.-Officers.
(a) There shall be a Patron or Patrons, President, Vice- Presidents, Honorary Vice-Presidents, Treasurer or Treasurers and Secretaries, Inspectors and such other officers as may be found necessary for the proper administration of the affairs of the Society.
(b) The first Patrons of the Society shall be His Excellency Sir Cecil Clementi and Lady Clementi.
(c) The first President of the Society shall be
(d) The first Vice-Presidents of the Society shall be
(e) All officers, other than paid Secretaries and Inspectors, shall be elected at each Annual General Meeting. and retiring officers shall be eligible for re-election.
(f) If any vacancy shall occur among the Patrons, or other officers of the Society by reason of the death or absence from the Colony of any officer, the Executive Committee shall have power to appoint such person as it shall think fit to hold the office so vacated until the next Annual General Meeting or for such shorter period as may be thought fit.
(g) The President of the Society shall be, ex officio, a member of the General and Executive Committees and shall preside at their meetings if present.
(h) The Vice-Presidents of the Society shall be. CX officio, members of the General and Executive Committees and, in the absence of the President of the Society, they shall, in precedence in order of seniority as Vice-Presidents, preside at the meetings of the General and Executive Com- mittees.
(i) The General Committee may appoint to be Honorary Vice-President of the Society, any person whom they shall consider eligible by reason of his support, whether financial or otherwise, of the policy, aims and objects of the Society.
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Rule IX. Convention of Special Meetings.
(a) A Special Meeting of members of the Society shall be convened by the Secretary on the written demand of not fewer than 50 members of the Society and a Special Meeting so convened shall have all the powers of an Annual General Meeting of the Society.
(1) A Special Meeting of the General Committee shall be convened by the Secretary on the written demand of any ten members of the General Committee and such Special Meeting so convened shall have power to deal with any matter which may be dealt with by the General Committee under the powers hereinbefore set forth.
(c) A Special Meeting of the Executive Committee shall be convened by the Secretary on the written demand of any three members of the Executive Committee and any meeting so convened shall have power to deal with any matter which may properly be dealt with at any Ordinary meeting of the Executive Committee.
(d) If the Secretary shall fail within seven days of such written demand as aforesaid, to convene any meeting, such meeting may be convened in the name of the Society by the persons who demanded that it should be convened.
(e) The written demand for the convening of any such Special Meeting as aforesaid and the notice convening such meeting shall contain a statement of the object of the meeting and no decision shall be made upon any matter other than such stated object.
Rule X-Treasurers.
The Treasurers of the Society shall he Honorary Treasurers.
Rule XI. Secretaries.
(a) There shall be at least one English-speaking and one Chinese-speaking Secretary.
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