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VI. All the Papers not withdrawn by leave of the Council, and 

 read to the Society, shall be delivered to the Committee of Papers ; 

 and all Papers which have not been printed in the Transactions or 

 Proceedings shall be preserved in the archives of the Society for future 

 inspection ; and shall never be lent out of the Society's House without 

 Order of the Council. 



VII. The Library shall be open to the Fellows every week-day 

 (exclusive of Good Friday and Easter-eve, of Easter week, of a week 

 at Whitsuntide, and of a week at Christmas), from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., 

 except on Saturdays, when it shall be open from Eleven in the morning 

 to One in the afternoon ; but during the months of August and 

 September it shall be closed on week-days, other than Saturdays, at 

 4 p.m. 



VIII. Any Fellow may have the loan of any of the printed Books 

 of the Society, excepting such as the Council shall order not to be 

 taken out of the Library; but he shall not be allowed to have in his 

 possession more than ten volumes at a time. The loan of Manuscripts 

 is exclusively vested in the President and Council. 



IX. A List of all Books and Manuscripts borrowed from the 

 Library of the Royal Society, and of the Fellows of the Society to 

 whom they are lent, shall be kept in the Library. 



X. All Books whatsoever belonging to the Society shall be returned 

 at a time to be specified by the Council, in each year ; and the Library 

 shall be closed for one month after such time, or for such shorter 

 periods as the Council may direct. 



XI. The value of such Books in the possession of any Fellow as 

 are not returned to the Library pursuant to the preceding Statute, 

 shall be required to be paid by the person who has so detained them. 



CHAPTER XV. 



Of the Common Seal and Deeds. 



I. THE Common Seal of the Society shall be kept in a box, the 

 key of which shall be kept in a sealed packet. When the Common 

 Seal has to be used, this packet shall be opened by the President in 

 Council ; and at the Council meeting at which it is so opened, the 

 Common Seal having been replaced in the box, and the box locked, 

 the key shall again be enclosed in a packet, which shall be sealed by 

 the President with his private seal. The box and sealed packet shall 

 be kept at the Society's chambers in an iron safe. 



II. Every Deed or writing, to which the Common Seal is to be 

 affixed, shall be passed and sealed in Council. 



