12 Sye-Laws of the Linnean Society. 



Fellow shall be hung up in the common Meeting-Room of the 

 Society, the Date of the Day on which it shall be presented being 

 previously written on it, and shall be read at Three successive 

 General Meetings, including the Meeting at which the same shall 

 be presented and the Meeting at which the Ballot for Election 

 shall take place. 



V. No Person shall be declared to be elected a Fellow, unless 

 he have in his Favour Two-thirds of the Number balloting. 



VI. Every Person chosen a Fellow shall have immediate Notice 

 of his Election given to him by the Secretary, and shall appear 

 personally for his Admission within the Space of Two Months from 

 the Day of his Election, or within such further Time as shall be 

 granted by the Council, upon special Application being made to 

 them for that Purpose. 



VII. No Person elected shall be admitted a Fellow of the So- 

 ciety, until he shall have paid his Admission-Fee, and signed the 

 usual Obligation for the Payment of Yearly Contributions, or paid 

 the Sum appointed in lieu of such Contributions. 



VIII. Every Person elected a Fellow of the Society shall, before 

 his Admission, subscribe an Obligation in the following Words, viz. 

 " We who have hereunto subscribed, do hereby promise, each for 

 " himself, that we will endeavour to promote the Grood of The 

 " Linnean Society of London, and to pursue the Ends for which the 

 " same was instituted : That we will be present at the Meetings 

 " of the Society, as often as conveniently we can, especially at the 

 " Anniversary Elections, and upon extraordinary Occasions ; and 

 " that we will observe the Statutes, Bye-Laws, and Orders of the 

 " said Society. Provided that, whensoever any of us shall signify 

 " to the President, under his Hand, that he desires to withdraw 

 " from the Society, he shall be free from this Obligation for the 

 " future." And if any Person should refuse to subscribe the said 

 Obligation, the Election of that Person shall be void. 



IX. The Admission of every Fellow shall be at some Meeting 

 of the Society in Manner and Form following, viz. The President, 

 taking him by the Hand, shall say, " A.B. By the Authority and 

 " in the Name of the Linnean Society of London, I admit you a 

 " Fellow thereof." 



X. No Person shall be deemed an actual Fellow of the Society, 

 nor shall the Name of any Person be printed in the Annual List 

 of the Fellows of the Society, until such person shall have paid his 

 Admission-Fee, and signed the usual Obligation for the Payment 

 of Annual Contributions, or paid the Sum appointed in lieu of 



