LAWS. 



I. 



THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH shall consist of Ordinary and 

 Honorary Fellows. 



II. 



Every Ordinary Fellow, within three months after his election, shall pay Five 

 Guineas as fees of admission, and Three Guineas as his contribution for the Ses- 

 sion in which he has been elected ; and annually at the commencement of every 

 Session, Three Guineas into the hands of the Treasurer.* 



III. 



All Fellows who shall have paid Twenty-five years' annual contribution shall 

 be exempt from farther payment. 



IV. 



The fees of admission of an Ordinary Non-Resident Fellow shall be £20, 5s., 

 payable on his admission ; and in case of any Non-Resident Fellow coming to 

 reside at any time in Scotland, he shall, during each year of his residence, pay 

 the usual annual contribution of £3, 3s., payable by each Resident Fellow ; but 

 after payment of such annual contribution for eight years, he shall be exempt 

 from any farther payment. 



V. 

 Members failing to pay their contribution for three successive years (due ap- 

 plication having been made to them by the Treasurer) shall be reported to the 

 Council, and, if they see fit, shall be declared from that period to be no longer 

 Fellows, and the legal means for recovering such airears shall be employed. 



YI. 



None but Ordinary Fellows shall bear any office in the Society, or vote in the 

 choice of Fellows or Office-Bearers, or interfere in the patrimonial interests of the 

 Society. 



* A modification of tins rule, in certain cases, was agreed to 3d January 1831. 



