THE LAWS OF THE RAY SOCTETY. 



I. That this Society shall be called THE RAY SOCIETV ; and that its object 

 shall be the promotion of Natural History, by the printing, of original works 

 in Zoology and Botany; of new editions of works of established merit; of 

 rare Tracts and MSS.; and of translations and reprints of Foreign works which 

 are generally inaccessible from the language in which they are written, or 

 from the manner in which they have been published. 



N.B. It will be a direction to the Council that they shall not print any- 

 thing that appears to them suitable to the Transactions of established 

 Societies ; nor any work which a respectable publisher shall undertake 

 to publish without charge to the author. 



II. Every subscriber of One Guinea annually to be considered a Member of 

 the Society, and to be entitled to one copy of every book published by the 

 Society during the year to which his subscription relates ; and no Member 

 shall incur any liability beyond the annual subscription. 



III. That the annual subscriptions shall be paid in advance, and considered 

 to be due on the 2d day of February in each year; and that such Members as 

 do not signify their intention to withdraw from the Society before the 2d day 

 of June, shall be considered to continue Members, and be liable for the year's 

 subscription. 



IV. The management of the Society shall be vested in a Council of 

 Twenty-one Members, of whom one third shall have their stated residences 

 in London, and all of whom shall be eligible for re-election at the annual 

 meeting. 



V. That the Council hereafter shall be elected by the Members, at a meet- 

 ing to be held at the time and place of the meeting of the British Association 

 for the Advancement of Science, and that no Member whose subscription is 

 in arrear be allowed to vote at any meetings. 



VI. That the Council shall elect two Secretaries (one of whom shall be 

 resident in London) and a Treasurer, who shall ex officio be Members of the 

 Council. 



VII. The annual subscription shall be deposited in a chartered bank, in the 

 name of the Treasurer and two Members of the Council. 



VIII. The accounts of the receipt and expenditure of the Society shall be 

 examined annually by two Auditors appointed by the Council; the Auditors 

 to be Members of the Society, who are not Members of Council, and their 

 statement circulated among the Subscribers. 



IX. That the number of copies of the Society's publications shall, unless 

 otherwise directed by the Council, be limited to the number of actual Sub- 

 scribers who shall have, been enrolled, and paid their subscriptions, on or 

 before the 2d day of June. 



X. That the Editors of Works published by the Society be entitled to a 

 number of copies, not exceeding 20, as may be decided by the Council. 



