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 any of them, for Misdemeanour, or other reasonable Cause, are declared to be amoveable by the President and the rest of the Council) then and so often it shall be lawful for the President, Council, and Fellows, to chuse one or more of the Fellows of the Royal Society in the room of him or them so deceasing, receding, or remov'd, to compleat the aforesaid Number of twenty one of the Council, which Person or Persons so chosen, are to continue in Office until St. Andrew's Day then next ensuing, and until others be duly chosen the said Persons being sworn faithfully to execute their Offices, according to the true Intention of the Patent.

And his Majesty doth will and grant unto the said President, Council, and Fellows, full Power and Authority, on St. Andrew's Day yearly, to elect, nominate, and change ten of the Fellows of the Royal Society, to supply the Places and Offices of ten of the aforesaid Number of twenty one of the Council, declaring it to be his Royal Will and Pleasure, that ten and no more of the Council aforesaid be annually changed and removed by the President, Council and Fellows aforesaid.

And it is granted on the behalf of the said Society, that if it shall happen, that the President be sick, infirm, detain'd in his Majesty's Service, or otherwise occupied, so as he cannot attend the necessary Affairs of the Society, then and so often it shall be lawful for him to appoint one of the Council for his Deputy, who shall supply his Place from time to time, as often as he shall happen to be absent, during the whole time of the said President's Continuance in his Office, unless he shall in the mean time constitute some other of the Council for his Deputy: And the Deputy so constituted is Empowered to do all and singular Things which belong to the Office of the President of the Royal Society, and in as ample Manner and Form as the said President Rh