LAW S. 
i tT ik the Ordinary Members only shall be invested 
with the privilege of voting and electing Members ; and 
that the whole expences of the Society shall devolve upon 
them, 
II. That Gentlemen residing at a distance from Man- 
chester shall be eligible into this Society, under the 
title of Honorary Members ; provided no one be recom- 
mended who has not distinguished himself by his literary 
or philosophical publications. 
III, That Gentlemen at a distance, who have favoured 
the Society with important communications, or from whom 
such contributions may be expected, shall be eligible, un- 
der the title of Corresponding Members, 
IV. That every Candidate for admission into the Socie- 
ty, whether as an Ordinary, Honorary, or Corresponding 
Member, shall be proposed by at least three Ordinary 
Members, who shall sign a certificate of his being, from 
their knowledge of him, of his character, or of his writings, 
a fit person to be admitted into it ; which certificate shall 
be read at not fewer than two successive meetings of the 
Society, previous to the evening of election, 
V. That no election shall be made, either of Ordinary, 
Honorary, or Corresponding Members, except at the Quar- 
