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503. On every St. Andrew's Day (unless it be Sunday, and then on 



the next Day,) the President, Council, and Fellows, or any 

 Thirty-one or more of them (of whom, &c.), or the major 

 Part of such Thirty- one or more, may elect proper Persons 

 out of the Council to be Treasurer and Secretaries ; who, 

 after being sworn, are to hold their Offices till the following 

 St. Andrew's Day. 



504. If the Elections of President, Council, Treasurer, and Secretaries, 



or any of them, cannot conveniently be made or finished 

 upon St. Andrew's Day, the President, Council, and Fellows, 

 or any Thirty-one or more of them (of whom, &c.), or the 

 major Part of such Thirty-one or more, may appoint one or 

 more other Day or Days till they shall be finished. 

 504. If any of the said Officers die, quit, or be amoved, the 

 President, Council, and Fellows, or any Twenty-one or more 

 of them (of whom the President or his Deputy to be one,) 

 or the major Part of such Twenty-one or more, may elect 

 others for the Residue of the Tear, and till new ones shall 

 be elected and sworn. 



504. The President and Council (every Member of the Council being 



always duly summoned to extraordinary Meetings,) or any 

 Mne or more of them (of whom the President or his 

 Deputy to be one) may meet in London or within ten Miles 

 of London ; and they, or the major Part of them, may make 

 Laws, Statutes, and Ordinances, and transact all Matters 

 relating to the Management of the Society and its Affairs, 

 and all their Acts shall be valid : but their Statutes must be 

 reasonable, and not contrary to Law. 



505. The President, Council, and Fellows, or any Twenty-one or 



more of them (of whom the President or his Deputy to be 

 always one), or the major Part of such Twenty-one or more, 

 may appoint one Printer or more, and one Engraver or more, 

 and authorise them, by writing under the common Seal, and 

 signed by the President, to print such Things (touching or 

 concerning the Royal Society) as shall be given them in 

 Charge by the President and Council, or any Seven or more 

 of them (of whom the President or his Deputy to be one), 

 or the major Part of such Seven or more. They must be 

 first sworn before the President and Council, or Seven or 

 more of them. 



506. The President, Council, and Fellows, or any nine or more of 



them (of whom, &c.), or the major Part of such nine or 

 more, shall have the same Right to demand and receive 

 (by their Assignee or Assignees) the Bodies of executed 



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