Papers by 

 Strangers. 



Papers belong to 

 the Society. 



Papers must be 

 original. 



Council may 

 refer papers to 

 Members. 



liejected papers 

 to be returueJ. 



Members may 

 have copies of 

 their papers. 



Jlembers and 

 Associates to 

 have Traivs- 

 actions. 



Pi'Operty. 



Library. 



Legal ownership 

 of Property. 



178 Froceedings of Royal Society of Victoria. 



XXXVI. The Council may for any special rea.son 

 permit a paper such as is described in Law XXXIII, 

 not written by a member of the Society, to be read by 

 one of the Secretaries or other Members. 



XXXVII. Every paper read before the Society shall 

 be the property thereof, and immediately after it has 

 been read shall be delivered to one of the Secretaries, 

 and shall remain in his custody. 



XXXVIII. No paper shall be read before the 

 Society or published in the Ti'ansaction.s unless 

 approved by the Council, and unless it consist mainly 

 of original matter as regards the tacts or the theories 

 enunciated. 



XXXIX. The Council may refer any paper to anj'- 

 Member or Members of the Society, to re]")ort upon the 

 desirability of printing it. 



XL. Should the Council decide not to publish a 

 paper, it shall be at once returned to the author. 



XLI. The author of any paper which the Council 

 has decided to publish in the Transactions may have 

 fifty copies of his paper on giving notice of his wish 

 in writing to one of the Secretaries, and any further 

 number on paying the extra cost thereof 



XLII. Every Member and Associate whose sub- 

 scription is not in arrear, and every Honorary and 

 Corresponding Member is entitled to receive one copy 

 of the Transactions of the Society as published. Newly- 

 elected Members shall, on payment of their entrance-fee 

 and subscription, receive a copy of the volume of the 

 Transactions last published. 



XLIII. Every book, pamphlet, model, plan, drawing, 

 specimen, preparation, or collection presented to or pur- 

 chased by the Society, shall be kept in the house of the 

 Society. 



XLIV. The Library shall be open to Members and 

 Associates of the Society, and the public, at such times 

 and under such regulations as the Council may deem fit. 



XLV. The legal ownership of the projierty of the 

 Society is vested in the President, the Vice-Presidents, 

 and the Treasurer for the time being, in trust for the use 

 of the Society ; but the Council shall have full control 



