496 LAWS OP THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



IV. 



Ordinary Members, not residing in Edinburgh, and not compound- 

 ing for annual subscription, shall appoint some person residing in Edin- 

 burgh, by whom the payment of the said subscription is to be made, 

 and shall signify the same to the Treasurer. 



V. 



Members failing to pay their subscription for three successive years, 

 due application having been made to them by the Treasurer, shall cease 

 to be Members of the Society, and the legal means for recovering such 

 arrears shall be employed. 



VI. 



None but Ordinary Members are to bear any office in the Society, or 

 to vote in the choice of Members or Office-bearers, or to interfere in 

 the patrimonial interests of the Society. 



VII. 



The number of Ordinary Members shall be unlimited. 



VIII. 



The Ordinary Members, upon producing an order from the Trea- 

 surer, shall hereafter be entitled to receive from the publisher, gratis, 

 the Parts of the Society's Transactions which jshall be [published sub- 

 sequent to their admission. 



IX. 



The Society having formerly admitted as Non-resident Members, 

 gentlemen residing at such a distance from Edinburgh as to be unable 

 regularly to attend the Meetings of the Society, with power to such 

 Non-resident Members, when occasionally in Edinburgh, to be present 

 at the Society's Meetings, and to take a part in all their inquiries and 

 proceedings, without being subjected to any contribution for defraying 

 the expences of the Society ; it is hereby provided, that the privileges 

 of such Non-resident Members already elected shall remain as before ; 

 but no Ordinary Members shall be chosen in future under the title 



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