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2. Perfons of any nation, fect, or denomination what- 
ever, fhall be admitted as candidates for this premium. 
3- No difcovery, invention or improvement fhall be 
entitled to this premium, which hath been already pub-= 
lithed, or for which the author hath been publicly te= 
warded elfewhere. 
4. The candidate fhall communicate his difcovery, in=. 
vention or improvement either in the Englith, Frenchy, 
German, or Latin language. 
. All fuch communications fhall be ’publicly ‘read or 
enki ited to the Society, at fome ftated meeting, not lefs 
than one month previous to the day of adjudication ; and. 
fhall at all times be open to the infpection of fuch mem=. 
bers as fhall defire it. But no member fhall carry home: 
with him the communication, defcription or model, ex- 
cept the officer to whom it fhall be entrufted : nor fhall 
fuch officer part with the fame out of his cuftody, to any 
but the judges, who may demand: it for confideration. 
6. The twelve counfellors, together with the other of- 
ficers annually eleéted- according to the charter and laws 
of the Society, fhall' be judges of the merits of the feveral 
communications, and award the premium. Which adju- 
dication fhall be determined by a majority of judges met; 
provided that fuch majority be not les than feven con- 
curring votes. 
. And for this purpofe the coucifetloxs and other offi- 
cers, or at‘Teaft feven of them, fhall meet on the fecond 
Monday in December, in every year, to form their judg- 
ment and award the premium. After due confideration 
had, a vote fhall firft be taken on this queftion, viz. ** Whe- 
“ ther any of the communications then’ under infpection, 
“ are worthy of the propofed premium?” If this thall be 
determined in the wegative, the whole bufinefs fhall be 
deferred till another year: But if in the affirmative, the 
judges fhall then proceed to determine, by vote, the dif- 
covery, invention or improvement moft ufeful and worthy. 
And 
