L \ ^\• s. 



1. A HAT tlie Ortlinary Mtnibers only shall be ravestcd 

 with the privik^gc of votiug and electing Members ; ami that 

 the whole cxpeiif'^s of the Society shall dcvolvr upon them. 



II. That Gentlemen residing at a distance fmm Man- 

 chester shall be eligible into tliis Society, under the 

 title of Honorary Members; provided no one 1x5 recom- 

 mended who has n<;t distinguished himself by his literary 

 or philosophical publications. 



III. That Gentlemen at a distance, who have favoured 

 the Society with important communications, or from whoni 

 such contributions may be e^^pected, shall be eligible, under 

 the title of Corresponding Members. 



IV. That every Candidate for admission into the Society, 

 whether as au Ordinary', Honorary, or Con-espondin^ 

 Member, shall be prc^x>sed by at least three Ordinary 

 Members, who shall sign a certificate of his being, from 

 their knowledge of him, of his character, or of his writings, 

 a fit person to be ackiiitted into It ; which certificate shall 

 be read at not fewer than two successive meetings of tHe 

 Society, previous to the evening of election. 



V. That no election shall be niade, either of Ordinary, 

 Honorary, or Corresponding members, except at the Quar- 

 terly Meetings; and that notice shall be given to each 

 Member, whenever a candidate is nominated. 



VI That every election shall be conducted b}- ballot, 

 and that the majority of votes shall decide ; and that tJie 

 President shall have the determining voice, if the iiamter 

 of votes be equal. 



