Extract from the By-Laws. 



_ -, „„ .^lo ijicasure. I'ogether with 

 ins tuscovery, invention, or improvement, he shall also send a sealed letter 

 containing the same motto, device, or signature, and subscribed with the 

 real name and place of residence of the author. 



3. Persons of any nation, sect or denomination Avhatever, shall be ad- 

 mitted as candidates for this premium. 



3. No discovery, invention or improvement shall be entitled to this 

 premium, which hath been already published, or for which the author 

 hath been publicly rewarded elsewhere. 



4. The candidate shall communicate his discovery, invention or improve- 

 ment, either in the English, French, German, or Latin language. 



5. All such communications shall be publicly read or exhibited to the 

 Society at some stated meeting, not less than one month previous to the 

 day of adjudication, .and shall at all times be open to the inspection of~ 

 such members as shall desire it. But no member shall carry home with 



