450 LAWS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



IV. 



Ordinary Members, not residing in Edinburgh, and not compounding 

 for their annual subscription, shall appoint some person residing in Edin- 

 burgh, by whom the payment of the said subscription is to be made, and 

 shall signify the same to the Treasurer. 



V. 



Members failing to pay their subscription for three successive years, 

 due application having been made to them by the Treasurer, shall cease to 

 be Members of the Society, and the legal means for recovering such arrears 

 shall be employed. 



VI. 



None but Ordinary Members are to bear any office in the Society, or 

 to vote in the choice of Members or Office-bearers, or to interfere in the 

 patrimonial interests of the Society. 



VII. 

 The number of Ordinary Members shall be unlimited. 



VIII. 



The Ordinary Members, upon producing an order from the Treasurer, 

 shall hereafter be entitled to receive from the publisher, gratis, the Parts 

 of the Society's Transactions which shall be published subsequent to their 

 admission. 



IX. 



The Society having formerly admitted as Non-resident Members, 

 gentlemen residing at such a distance from Edinburgh as to be unable re- 

 gularly to attend the Meetings of the Society, with power to such Non- 

 resident Members, when occasionally in Edinburgh, to be present at the 

 Society's Meetings, and to take a part in all their inquiries and proceed- 

 ings, without being subjected to any contribution for defraying the ex- 

 pences of the Society ; it is hereby provided, that the privileges of such 



