CHAPTER III 



THE STATUTES OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 

 I. THE ORIGINAL STATUTES ENACTED IN 1663 



CHAP. I Of the making and repealing of Lawn. 



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 propounded and voted in Council, on two several days of their Meeting. 

 The first day the question to be resolved by vote shall be to this effect, viz. 

 4 Whether the Repeal of such a Statute, or such part thereof, shall be pro- 

 pounded 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 * Whether such a Statute, or such part thereof, shall be repealed 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 Statute repealed, shall be cancelled in the Statute-books. 



CHAP. II Of the Obligation to be subscribed. 



EVERY Fellow of the Society, and every person elected a Fellow thereof, 

 shall subscribe the Obligation in these words following : 



We, who have hereunto subscribed, do hereby promise each for himself., that 

 we will endeavour to promote the good of the Royal Society of London for 

 improving natural knowledge, and to pursue the ends for which the same was 

 founded; that we will be present at the Meetings of the Society, as often as 

 conveniently we can, especially at the Anniversary Elections, and upon extraor- 

 dinary occasions ; and that we will observe the Statutes and Orders of the said 

 Society. Provided, that wJiensoever any of us shall signify to the President, 

 under his hand, that he desireth to withdraw from the Society, he shall be free 

 from this Obligation for the future. 



And if any Fellow shall refuse to subscribe the said Obligation, he shall be 

 ejected out of the Society. And if any person elected shall refuse to subscribe 

 the same, the election of the said person shall be void ; neither shall any person 

 refusing to subscribe be admitted, or registered among the Fellows of the Society. 



