RULES 



1. The object of the Society is the discovery and printing, 

 under selected editorship, of unpublished documents illus- 

 trative of the civil, religious, and social history of Scotland. 

 The Society will also undertake, in exceptional cases, to issue 

 translations of printed works of a similar nature, which have 

 not hitherto been accessible in English. 



2. The number of Members of the Society shall be limited 

 to 400. 



3. The affairs of the Society shall be managed by a Council, 

 consisting of a Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary, and twelve 

 elected Members, five to make a quorum. Three of the twelve 

 elected Members shall retire annually by ballot, but they shall 

 be eligible for re-election. 



4. The Annual Subscription to the Society shall be One 

 Guinea. The publications of the Society shall not be delivered 

 to any Member whose Subscription is in arrear, and no 

 Member shall be permitted to receive more than one copy of 

 the Society's publications. 



5. The Society will undertake the issue of its own publica- 

 tions, i.e. without the intervention of a publisher or any other 

 paid agent. 



6. The Society will issue yearly two octavo volumes of about 

 S20 pages each. 



7. An Annual General Meeting of the Society shall be held 

 at the end of October, or at an approximate date to be 

 determined by the Council. 



8. Two stated Meetings of the Council shall be held each 

 year, one on the last Tuesday of May, the other on the Tues- 

 day preceding the day upon which the Annual General Meeting 

 shall be held. The Secretary, on the request of three Members 

 of the Council, shall call a special meeting of the Council. 



9. Editors shall receive 20 copies of each volume they edit 

 for the Society. 



10. The owners of Manuscripts published by the Society will 

 also be presented with a certain number of copies. 



11. The Annual Balance-Sheet, Rules, and List of Members 

 shall be printed. 



12. No alteration shall be made in these Rules except at a 

 General Meeting of the Society. A fortnight's notice of any 

 alteration to be proposed shall be given to the Members of the 

 Council. 



