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IX. 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. 



X. 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 l>e paid by the person who has so detained them. 



CHAP. XV Of the Common Seal and Deeds. 



I. THK Common Seal of the Society shall be kept in an iron chest, having 

 three locks, with three different keys ; whereof one shall be in the custody of 

 the President, another of the Treasurer, and the third of the Senior Secretary. 



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

 shall l>e passed and sealed in Council, and signed by the President on the 

 fore part near the label, and signed on the back by the rest of the Members of 

 the Council present. 



CHAP. XVI Of the making and repealing of Laics. 



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 * Whether such a Statute, or such part thereof, shall be repealed, or not ?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 repealed, shall be cancelled in the Statute-book. 



