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Executive Council and Committees. 34. The Governing Body may exercise its powers through the medium of the Executive Council and the Committees established in pursuance of this Constitution, and the Executive Council or any Committee so established shall be deemed, for the purposes of its action in relation to the matters within its jurisdiction, to have all the powers of the Governing Body delegated to it. But the Governing Body may, at any annual or extraordinary general meeting, alter the Constitution of the Executive Council or any Committee, or the mode of delegation of any of the. powers of the Governing Body. The Governing Body shall be divided into (1) Executive Council, (2) Standing Committees, (3) Special Committees. The Executive Council shall consist of the Chairman of the Governing Body and thirty other members, of whom six shall be appointed by the President from among the Governors. The remaining twenty-four shall be elected by the Governing Body from among their number. The Standing Committees shall be as follows : — (1.) The Finance Committee. (2.) The Committee of Selection. (3.) The Committee of Commerce and Industries. (4.) The Committee for the Colonies. (5.) The Committee for India. (6.) The Committee of Colonisation and Emigration. (7.) The Committee of Publications and Library. The Finance Committee shall consist of the Chairman of the Governing Body and ten other members, to be elected by the Governing Body from among their number. The Committee of Selection shall consist of the Chairman of the Governing Body and fifteen other members, to be elected by the Governing Body from among their number. 35. The election, at the first meeting of the first Governing Body under this Constitution, of the Chairman of the Governing Body, and of members of the Executive Council, the Finance Committee, and the Committee of Selection, shall be conducted in such manner as the Chairman of the meeting may direct, provided that the election shall, in case of difference, be decided by a majority of the Governors present and voting at the meeting, each Governor having one vote, and, in case of an equality of votes, the Chairman shall have a second or casting vote. 36. A Governor may serve on more than one Committee. 37. The Executive Council shall have the general administration of the affairs of the Institute, but shall not incur any expense exceeding £100 for any one purpose without the assent of the Finance Committee. 38. The Finance Committee shall have the control over the funds of the Institute, with the exception of the Endowment Fund, and the control over the investments of such funds. The Finance Committee shall, from time to time, at such time and in such form as the Executive Council may by rule appoint, report their proceedings to the Executive Council. 39. The Committee of Selection shall select the other Standing Committees, and may, after consultation with the Executive Council, determine the number of members in each case, and assign them their duties. 40. The Members of the Executive Council and of the Standing Committees shall continue in office from the date of their appointment until the next annual general meeting of the Governing Body. The retiring members shall be eligible for re-election. 41. The Committee of Selection may, at the request of the Executive Council, form a standing committee or standing committees in addition to those named in this Constitution. 42. Special Committees may be appointed by the Committee of Selection for the consideration of special industries, special matters of trade, matters relating to particular colonies or India, or otherwise in relation to any matters which the Executive Council may consider to require investigation by a Special Committee. Eegard being had to the wishes of Governors desiring to serve on such Committees, and to the employment, so far as is practicable, of all Governors on some business relating to the objects of the Institute, Special Committees shall consist of such number and such members, and shall continue for such period, and shall perform such duties as the Committee of Selection may from time to time determine. The Committee of Selection may add to any Special Committee any person whose services they think it desirable to secure, although such person be neither a Governor nor a member of the Institute. 43. The Committee of Selection,'at the request of the Executive Council, may delegate to any Standing or Special Committee the power of appointing Sub-Committees with such powers and qualifications, if any, as the Committee of Selection may think fit to impose. Such Sub-Com-mittees may or may not consist, either wholly or in part, of persons not being members of the Institute. 44. The Committee of Selection may at the request of the Executive Council, appoint Local Committees for the purpose of superintending or managing or otherwise conducting any matters within the jurisdiction of the Institute, and may assign to such Committees such duties as the Committee of Selection may think fit. The Committee of Selection may also determine the tenure of office, the mode of proceeding, and the constitution of any such Committees, and such Committees may or may not consist, either wholly or in part, of persons not being members of the Institute. 45. The first meetings of the Executive Council, the Finance Committee, and the Committee of Selection shall be held at the buildings of the Institute on the Thursday immediately succeeding their appointment, or at such other time and place as the President may direct, and may be adjourned from time to time, and from place to place. 46. In the absence of the President and of the Chairman of the Governing Body, the Executive Council and each of the said Committees shall at its first meeting together, and at any subsequent