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ever, to be proportioned to the time elapfed 

 from the admilTion of the member to that 

 meeting. 



7. Quarterly meetings of the fociety rtiall 

 be holaen on the fiift Wednefday in the 

 months of January, April, and July, at fevsn 

 o'clock in the evening, to determine on the 

 boolcs and inftruments to be purcliafca, and 

 to iranfact the other necefTary bufinefs of rhe 

 fociety. Every gentkman refiding in the 

 city, who fhall negietl to attend the quar- 

 terly meetings, by half paft feven, (hall, 

 unlefs prevented by illnefsj forfeit is. fir 

 every omilTion ; and every gen'.lenian refid- 

 ing in the country ihall forfeit 6d. for the 

 fame. 



8. Not lefs than five members fiiall form a 

 meeting for tranfa£ling bufinefs. 



9. On the firft or fecond Wednefday in 

 October, the members of the fociety fliall 

 dine together at a place and time appointed 

 by the prefident, and mentioned in the no- 

 tices fent by him to the members. Every 

 gentleman who negleiSts to attend fliall forfeit 

 the price of the ordinary, and thefe forfei- 

 tures ihall be applied towards defraying the 

 expences of the mtecing- 



10. A: tlie annual meeting in Oifcber 

 every me.Tiber prefent ftall pay into the 

 hands of the fecretary, together with his 

 fubfcriptior.-monev, all fines then due from 

 him, and every ablent member who has not 

 comminioned fome one to fettle his or her 

 account, ftall forfeit 2S, 6d. ; in every fuch 

 cafe the prelidenc fhall ifl'ue a notice (figned 

 by the fecretary) to the defaulting member, 

 requiring payment of the fum due, with the 

 fine incurred for the firll failure, v/ithin 

 fourteen days of the date of fucli notice : if 

 payn;en: be not tlien made, report ihall be 

 made of the fame at tlie next quarterly 

 meeting, which meeting may (if it fliali ap- 

 pear expecftentfo to aoj confidcr fuch repeat- 

 ed negleft as a virtual terjgnation, on the 

 part of the defaulting me.mber, of the benefits 

 and privileges of the fociety, and of the /hare 

 he has in its property. 



I I . At the meetings of the fociety no 

 queflion ihall be put to the vote, uulcfs re- 

 gularly moved and feconded. 'i he votes on 

 every qucftion are to be given by ballot. In 

 any q.icftion to !ic determined by a majority, 

 if the numler of votes for and agamft it 

 are equal, the prefident ihall have a calling 

 vote. 



12. Mo perfon can He pf.pofcd as a candi- 

 date for aJmillionj unUfs his or her naoie 

 flull have been ^iven to the prefident or Se- 

 cretary at Icaft a ^>rtnight before a quarterly 

 01 anmul meeting: the name of fudi can- 

 dl iate being received 11; -U be fent in notices 

 fn.m the prcfioent to all the n. embers: the 

 candidate ihall then be ballottcd tor at the 

 ji-xt meeting, at which, if no more than 

 loiirteen mrrnBcrs are prefrrit, he ihall be 

 tiindivtti as ainiitied, provided two blsrlt 



balls do not appear againft him ; but if more 

 than fourteen members are prefenr, not lefs 

 than three black balls ihall exclude the can- 

 didate. 



15. The books and inftruments belonging 

 to the fociety ihall be the joint and equal 

 property of all the members. 



14. If a member ihall remove from the 

 city or its vicinity, his intereft or (hare in 

 the ft^ock of the fociety may be transferred 

 to any candidate, who, according to the re- 

 gulations (12) for the admimon of members, 

 ihall be ballotted into the focietv ; and the 

 candidate fo admitted ihall be exempt from 

 the payment of any adniillion-fee, on his de- 

 livering to the fecretary a note or letter front 

 the withdrawing member to the above efteS j 

 but no transfer of this kind fhall be deemed 

 valid, unlefs the withdrawing member (hall 

 haveprevioufiy difcharged all arrears due from 

 him to the fociety. 



15. If any member ihall remove from the 

 city, or its vicinity, witliout transferring his 

 /hare^ and ihall at any time afterwards re- 

 turn, he may be re-admitted on paying a fum 

 equal to the advance of the admillion fee 

 tiom the time his yearly fubfcripcions wcr« 

 difcontinued : but if in the mean time the 

 fociety fbould be dilTolved, futh member 

 fhall net be entitled to any dividend, 



16. If ac any time it ihall be thought ex- 

 pedient to difl'olve this fociety, notices ihall 

 be ifi'ued by the prefident to every member 

 not lefs than a month before a quarterly meet- 

 ing, thai at the meeting n?xt enfuint;, a mo- 

 tion will be made for that purpol's ; and if 

 at fuch meeting there ihall be (in perfon and 

 by proxy) three fourtlis of the members for 

 the diflolution, the books and inihuments, 

 with any other articles brlongiog to thij 

 fociety, ihall thei> he fold, in fuch mannei' 

 as the majority of the members at the faid 

 meeting ihall direft, and the money arihng 

 from fuch fale Ihall be equally divided amor.g 

 the mombeis. 



N. B. Ladles who are members of this fo- 

 ciety are always lo vote by proxy. Proxies 

 on this, as well as all other occafions, to be 

 given in writing. 



I J. The library-nom is open on Wednef- 

 (Jays and Saturdays, from eleven to One 

 o'clock, and from three to fii'e, for the u(i: 

 of the members.. No books are to be iiTued 

 or returned except at thofe hours, when at- 

 ter.diince is given by the fecretary, or his 

 deputy, wlio (hall make a corrciS entry of all 

 books idued or returned, of the days, of fuch 

 delivery or return, and nf the names of the 

 members leceiving or returning theiTi. At 

 the fame hours alfo aneats of fubfcriptions, 

 fines, &c. r.iay be paid, and o;her bufinefs 

 between individual nieiubersand the fociety, 

 not fpecified in the rules, traiifafted. 



iZ. The oiijrtl of tins fociery, zm exprcfTed 

 in the advtriifcmrnt, beiKg tvo-tbld, the 

 boolis purchafcd 101 it (lull be yivi.hvi into 



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