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6. The fociety having previoufly referred the feveral communications; 
from candidates for the premium then depending, to the confideration of 
the twelve counfellors and other officers of the fociety, and having re- 
ceived their report thereon, fhall, at one of their ftated meetings, in 
the month of December, annually, after the expiration of this current 
year (of the time and place, together with the particular occafion of 
which meeting, duenotice fhall be. previoufly given, by public advertife-- 
ment) proceed tothe final adjudication of the faid premium: and after 
due confideration had, a vote fhall firft be taken on this queftion, viz. 
Whether any of the communications then under infpection be worthy of 
the propofed premium? If this queftion be-determined in the negative, 
the whole bufinefs fhall be deferred till another year: but.if in the affir- 
mative, the fociety fhall proceed to determine by. ballot, given by the 
members at large, the difcovery, invention or improvement, moft ufe- 
ful and worthy; and that difcovery, invention or improvement, which 
fhall be found to have a majority of concurring votes in its favour fhall 
be fuccefsful ; and then,.and not till then, the fealed letter, accompany= - 
ing the crowned performance; fhall be opened, and the name of the 
author announced as the perfon entitled to the faid premium. 
7. No member of the fociety who is a candidate for the premium 
then depending or who hath not previoufly declared to the fociety, either 
by word or writing, that he has cofifidered and weighed, according to- 
the beft of his judgment, the comparative merits of the feveral claims 
then under confideration, fhall fit injudgment or give his vote in award- 
ing the faid premium. 
8. A full account of the crowned fubjeét fhall be publithed by the 
fociety as foon as may be, after the adjudication, either in a feparate 
publication, or in the next fucceeding volume of their tranfactions, or 
in both. 
g. The unfuccefsful performances fhall remain under :confideration, . 
and their authors be. confidered as candidates for the premium, for five 
years, next fucceeding the time-of their prefentment, except fuch per- 
formances as their authors may, in the meantime, think ft to with-. 
draw. And the fociety fhall, annually, publifh an abftract of the titles, 
object or fubject matter of the communications fo under confideration ; 
fuch only excepted as the fociety fhall think not worthy of public notice. 
LO. he letters containing the names of authors whofe performances 
fhall 
