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committee in\'itmg them " to join the Society as original members 

 and to support it with their active co-operation," and who have given 

 their assent so to do, on or before the 30th March, 1841, are the 

 first ordinary members of the Society. 



Tlaat the ordinary members do elect out of their own body, by 

 ballot, a President, four Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, two Secretaries, 

 and a Council of twelve persons, four of whom may be non-resident, 

 by whom the business of the Society shall be conducted. 



That after the appointment of officers and a council, every candi- 

 date for admission be proposed according to a form of recommenda- 

 tion agreed upon, subscribed by three members of the Society, to 

 one, at least, of whom, he shall be personally kno\vn ; and such cer- 

 tificate shall be read and susjiended in the Society's rooms or place 

 of meeting for three ordinaiy meetings. — The method of voting for 

 the election of members to be bybaUot.— The ballot to take place at 

 the meeting at wliich the certificate is read for the fourth time. — Tlie 

 election shall not be vahd unless t-welve or more members ballot. 

 When three-fourths, or more, of the members balloting, shall be in 

 favour of the candidate, he shall be elected a member ; but when 

 fewer than three-fourths of the members ballotmg, shall be in favour 

 of the candidate, he shall not be elected a member. 



That the Annual Contribution to be paid by ordinary members, 

 resident within twenty miles of London, be two poimds, due on each 

 successive 30th of March, and payable in advance for the cvurent 

 year. That for ordinary members resident beyond twenty miles of 

 London, the Annual Contribution shall be one poimd. 



That no admission fee shall be required of those members who join 

 the Society during the first yearly session. 



That Foreign Members and Associates shall be recommended to 

 the Society by the Council, and shall not be required to contribute to 

 the funds of the Society. 



That Foreign Members shall be balloted at the next meeting after 

 that at which they are recommended for election. 



That Associate Members be elected for a period of three years ; 

 that they be thereafter eligible as ordinary members, or may be re- 

 elected associate members. 



Tliat the Ordinary Meetings of the Society be held on the Tuesday 

 of every second week, at 8 o'clock in the evening, — from the begin- 

 ning of November until the end of May. 



That the rooms of the Society of Arts, John-street, Adelphi, be 

 the place of meeting for the Societj', until more convenient and fitting 

 accommodation can be found. 



The following gentlemen were then elected as Officers and Council 



for the ensuing year : — 



President: Professor T. Graham. — Vice-Presidents : W. T. Brande, 

 Esq. ; J. T.Cooper, Esq.; ProfessorJ.F.Daniell. — Treasurer: Arthur 

 Aikin,Esq. — Secretaries: E. F. Teschmacher,Esq., Robert Waring- 

 ton, Esq. — Council: Dr. T. Clarke; Professor J. Camming ; Dr. 

 C. Daubeny ; T. Everitt, Esq. ; T. Griffiths, Esq. ; W. R. Grove, 



