xiv Laws. 



person, of his being elected, to the following purport — On 

 the day of 17 A. B. of 



was elected a member [or honorary member] of the Philadel- 

 phia Society for promoting Agriculture ; the society invit- 

 ing his assistance. C. D. Secretary* 



XII. 



All elections and appointments shall be between eight and 

 nine o'clock in the evening, at one oi the stated meeting^s of 

 the society. And no person shall be elected a member, 

 whether resident or honorary, unless, at a preceding stated 

 meeting, he shall have been openly proposed, and such no- 

 mination duly entered on the minutes of the society. The 

 nomination and election to be in the absence of the candi- 

 date. 



XIII. 



The society shall annually propose prizes upon interest- 

 ing subjects, relative to actual experiments and improve- 

 ments, and lor the best pieces written on proposed subjects. 

 And in order more effectually to disseminate the knowledge 

 of useful discoveries and improvements in husbandry, the so- 

 ciety will, from time to time, publish collections of memoirs 

 and observations, selected from such communications as 

 shall be made to them. To promote these views, the friends 

 of agriculture are invited to assist the society with informa- 

 tion of experiments and incidents in husbandry. 



XIV. 



All claims of prizes shall be sent in writing ; and when 

 read, the society shall determine which of the claims, rela- 

 tive to each prize, shall be selected for their definitive judg- 

 ment, on a future comparison. This judgment is to be 

 given at the stated meeting on the second Tuesday in Febru- 

 ary. If it happen, in any case, that there be no competition 

 for a prize, but only a single claim, the society will con- 

 sider such claim ; and if the claim or claims be supported 



