510 PROCEEDINGS OF GENERAL MEETINGS, 



January 5. 1829. 



At a Special General Meeting, the following communication was made by the 

 Council : 



" The Council have to report, that, in compliance with the first part of the remit 

 made to them by the extraordinary General Meeting of the 24th November last, they 

 have made the required alterations in the Bye-Laws, of which they now lay a corrected 

 copy on the Table." 



" They have further to report, that, after duly considering the second part of 

 the remit, they unanimously agreed to recommend that the same amount, namely 

 L.300, which was granted to the former General Secretary, Mr PLAYFAIR, should be 

 presented to Dr BREWSTER." 



The Meeting unanimously approved of the Report, and adopted the recommen- 

 dation. 



COPY OF THE LAWS, AS CORRECTED BY THE COUNCIL. 



I. THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH shall consist of Ordinary, Foreign, and 

 Honorary Members. 



II. Every Ordinary Member, within three months after his election, shall pay 

 Five Guineas as fees of admission, and Three Guineas as the first annual contribution ; 

 and shall farther be bound to pay the sum of Three Guineas annually into the hands 

 of the Treasurer. All Members who shall have paid Twenty-five years' annual con- 

 tributions shall be exempt from further payment. 



III. Members shall be at liberty to compound for their annual contribution, by 

 paying at the rate of ten years' purchase. 



IV. Ordinary Members, not residing in Edinburgh, and not compounding, shall 

 appoint some person residing in Edinburgh, by whom the payment of the said contri- 

 bution shall be made, and shall signify the same to the Treasurer. 



V. Members failing to pay their contribution for three successive years (due ap- 

 plication having been made to them by the Treasurer), shall be reported to the Coun- 



