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VI. Resolved, That Thomas Bernard, Esq., is duly 

 elected to act as secretary at the present meeting. 



VII. Resolved, That the Proposals for forming the 

 Institution, as published by Count Rumford, be approved 

 and adopted by the managers, subject, however, to such 

 partial modifications as shall be by them found to be neces- 

 sary or useful. 



VIIL Resolved, That the Earl of Morton, the Earl 

 Spencer, Sir Joseph Banks, and Mr. Pelham, or any one 

 or more of them, be requested to lay the Proposals for 

 forming the Institution before his Majesty and the Royal 

 Family, and before his Majesty's Ministers and the Great 

 Officers of State. 



IX. Resolved, That the Proposals for forming the 

 Institution be laid before the Members of both Houses of 

 Parliament, and also before the members of his Majesty's 

 Most Honourable Privy Council and the twelve Judges. 



Messrs. Cadell and Davies, booksellers in the Strand, 

 having generously offered to make a donation to the Institu- 

 tion of 500 copies of the original Proposals for forming the 

 Institution, published by Count Rumford : 



X. Resolved, That the thanks of the managers be 

 given to Messrs. Cadell and Davies for this donation ; that 

 it be accepted ; and that these 500 copies of the Proposals 

 be distributed among such persons as the managers may 

 think most likely to give their assistance in forming the 

 Institution. 



At the next meeting of managers, on March 23, 

 Count Rumford was elected secretary. 



It was decided that ladies should be admitted as 

 proprietors and subscribers, and entitled to all privi- 

 leges, ' excepting only that ladies will not be called 

 upon to take any part in the management with the 

 officers of the Institution.' 



