ABSTRACT OF THE LAWS 

 OF THE SOCIETY, 



RELATING TO THE PRIVILEGES, ELECTION, AND PAYMENTS OF 



The Property of the Society is vested in the Subscribing 

 Members collectively. — Every Subscribing Member has a right to 

 attend and vote at the General Meetings of the Society, and 

 is eligible to all its offices. He has access to the Museum and 

 Gardens, vrith the power of introducing Visitors, and of giving 

 written orders of admission to strangers, which must be signed with 

 his name, and bear the name of the person to be admitted. He 

 has the use of the Library, with the privilege of taking out Books. 

 The adult members of his family, residing under his roof, are 

 entitled to personal admission to the Museum and Gardens. 



A new Member may be ballotted for at any one of the General 

 Meetings of the Society, which are held on the first Tuesdays of 

 January, February, March, April, July, October, November, and 

 December. His recommendation, signed by three Subscribing 

 Members, must be put up in the Library, a week previous to the 

 ballot. 



Each Member, on his admission, pays to the Treasurer Five 

 Pounds ; and on every first day of January following, an Annual 

 Subscription of Two Pounds, if resident within the Counly ; or 

 if permanently residing out of the County, an Annual Subscription 

 of One Pound. A member may compound at any time for his 

 Annual Subscriptions, by a payment of Twenty Pounds. 



