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Chap. XII. Election and Admission of Members and 

 Subscribers. 



1. Every Candidate for admission into the Society shall he pro- 

 posed by three or more Members, who must sign a Certificate in 

 recommendation of him. 



2. The Certificate shall specify the name, and usual place of resi- 

 dence of the Candidate. 



3. The Certificate for a Member, having been read at one of the 

 Ordinary Meetings, shall be suspended in the room, read again at 

 the following Ordinary Meeting, and the person therein recom- 

 mended shall be balloted for at the next Ordinary Meeting. 



4. The Certificate for a Subscriber, having been read at one of 

 the Ordinary Meetings, shall be suspended in the Room, and the 

 person therein recommended shall be balloted for at the next Ordi- 

 nary Meeting after such reading. 



5. The Certificate for an Associate shall be subject to the ap- 

 proval of the Council, and shall be subject to the same regulations 

 as adopted for a Member. 



6. The method of voting for the election of Members and Sub- 

 scribers shall be by Ballot, and two-thirds of the Members balloting 

 shall elect. 



7. The Elections of Ordinary Members shall be void unless the 

 admission fee shall be paid within twelve months after the date of 

 their Election ; the Council shall, however, possess a discretionary 

 power to extend the time of payment. 



8. Members and Subscribers shall sign the Obligation Book of 

 the Society at the first Ordinary Meeting of the Society at which 

 they are present, and shall then be admitted by the President. 



Chap. XIII. Admission Fee and Annual Contribution. 



1. The Admission Fee for Members shall be £2 : 2s., the Annual 

 Contribution £1 : Is. 



2. The Annual Contribution for Subscribers is £1 : 1.9., without 

 Admission Fee. 



3. The composition in lieu of the Annual Contribution is 

 £15 :15s.; the composition for Members and Subscribers elected 

 previous to the 1st January, 1 852, is £10 : 10s. 



4. The Annual Contribution shall become due on the first day of 

 January in every year in advance ; but any Member or Subscriber 

 elected after the 30th of September will not be called upon for his 

 subscription for the remaining portion of that year. 



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