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II. That a Library be formed for the ufe of the Mem¬ 
bers of this Society ; and that the Librarian be autho¬ 
rized to purchafe fuch books, as fhall be ordered at the 
quarterly meetings of the Society : But that no books 
(hall be taken out of the Library, without a written 
order from one of the Secretaries, limiting the time of 
keeping it to feven days. 
III. That the refolution to eflablifh a Library be 
announced to the Honorary Members of the Society; 
and that it be intimated to them by the Secretaries, that 
donations of their paft and future publications will be 
highly acceptable. 
IV. That a gold medal, of the value of feven guineas, 
be given to the Author of the beft Experimental Paper 
on any fubjeCt relative to Arts and Manufactures, which 
fhall have been delivered to the Secretaries, and read at 
the ordinary meetings of the Society before the laft 
Wednefday in March 1786. 
V. That the adjudication of this premium be referred 
to the Committee of Papers; that their decifion fhall 
be made by ballot; and that the medal fhall be deliver¬ 
ed by the Prefident, to the perfon to whom it fhall have 
been adjudged, or to his reprefentative, at thefirft meet¬ 
ing of the Society in OClober 1786. 
VI. That if the perfon, to whom the medal fhall 
have been adjudged, be not one of the Society, his name 
fhall be enrolled in the lift of Honorary Members. 
VII. The regular attendance of members being eflen- 
tial to the profperity and ufefulnefs of the Inftitution, 
that if any Member fhall abfent himfelf during the fpace 
of three months, from the meetings of the Society, 
notice fhall be fent to him, at a quarterly meeting, that 
the Society confiders his abfence as a mark of difrefped, 
and 
