HISTORYS of the SOCIETY. II 
Xx. 
The Honorary Members of the Society shall not be subject to the 
annual contributions. They shall be limited to Twenty-one, and shall 
consist of men distinguished for literature and science, not residing in 
Scotland. 
XI. 
The election of Members, whether Ordinary or Honorary, shall be by 
ballot; it shall require the presence of Twenty-four Members at least 
to make a quorum, and the election shall be determined by the majority 
of votes. 
XII. 
The election of Members shall be made at one General Meeting an- 
nually, on the fourth Monday of January. 
XIII. 
No person shall be proposed as an Ordinary Member, without a re- 
commendation presented by a Member of the Society, and subscribed 
by Three, to the purport mentioned below * ; which recommendation 
shall be hung up in the Rooms of the Society, at least during Three 
Ordinary Meetings (of the Classes) previdus to the day of election. 
XIV. 
In order to carry on with facility and success those improvements in 
science and literature, which. are the objects of the institution, the So- 
ciety shall:be divided into two Classes, the Physical and the Literary 
Class ; the former having for its department the sciences of Mathematics, 
Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Medicine, Natural History, and what 
relates to the improvement of Arts and Manufactures ; the latter having 
b2 for 
* « A,B, a gentleman well skilled in many branches of Philosophy and Polite Learning, 
(Mathematics, Chemistry, Natural History, &c.) being to our knowledge desirous of be- 
coming a Member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, we whose names are subscribed, 
do recommend him as deserving of that honour, and as likely to prove an useful and valu- 
able Member.” 
Election of Mem~ 
bers. 
