500 Appendix. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Of the Restraint of Dividends to Fellows. 



THE Society shall not, and by its Laws may not, make any Divi- 

 dend, Gift, Division, or Bonus in Money unto or between any of its 

 Members. 



CHAPTER XVII. 



Of the Making and Repealing of Laws. 



I. FOR the making of any Law or Statute of the Royal Society, 

 the draught thereof shall be read in Council, and put to the vote, on 

 two several days of their meeting. The first day the question to be 

 resolved by vote shall be to this effect, viz., " Whether the draught of 

 the said Statute, then agreed upon, shall be read at another meeting?" 

 The second day the question shall be to this effect, viz., " Whether 

 the draught of the said Statute, then agreed upon, shall pass for a 

 Law, or not ? " 



II. For the repealing of any Law or Statute, or any part thereof, 

 the Repeal shall be proposed and voted in Council on two several days 

 of their meeting. The first day the question to be resolved by Ballot 

 shall be to this effect, viz.^ " Whether the Repeal of such a Statute, 

 or such part thereof, shall be proposed at another meeting ? " The 

 second day the question shall be to this effect, viz., " Whether such a 

 Statute, or such part thereof, shall be repealed or not ? " And in 

 case the said Repeal be agreed unto, the same shall be recorded in 

 the Journal-book of the Council; and the Statute, or part of the 

 Statute, repealed, shall be cancelled in the Statute-book. 



THE END. 



