44 Appendix I. 



5. That two Presidents, four Vice- Presidents, and two Secre- 

 taries shall be elected annually, by the majority of the members 

 present, on the last Wednesday which shall happen in the month 

 of April. The election to be determined by ballot. 



6. That a Committee of Papers be appointed at the same time,, 

 which shall consist of the Presidents, Vice- Presidents, Secretaries, 

 and six other Members of the Society, to be chosen by ballot. And 

 that this Committee shall decide, by ballot, concerning the insertion, 

 in the Register, of any paper which shall have been read before the 

 Society ; and shall be authorised to select, with the consent of the 

 author, detached parts of any paper, the whole of which may not 

 be deemed proper for insertion. But that it shall be requisite, that 

 at least seven Members of the Committee attend at the discussion 

 and decision upon each paper. 



7. That any Member may introduce a stranger, viz., a gentle- 

 man not residing in Manchester, at the meetings of the Society, 

 having first obtained leave of the President, by sending up the name 

 of the stranger. 



8. That each Member of the Society shall be allowed to intro- 

 duce a visitor, being an inhabitant of Manchester, provided he give 

 notice of it to the acting Secretary on or before the day previous to- 

 the Meeting. But this privilege shall not be enjoyed by more than 

 three Members at one time, and no Member shall avail himself of it 

 twice within the space of eight Meetings. 



9. That the subjects of conversation comprehended Natural 

 Philosophy, Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry, Polite Lite- 

 rature, Civil Law, General Politics, Commerce, and the Arts. But 

 that Religion, the Practical Branches of Physic, and British Politics, 

 be deemed prohibited subjects of conversation ; and that the Chair- 

 man shall deliver his veto whenever they are introduced. 



10. That each Member who shall favour the Society with any 

 interesting facts and observations, respecting philosophy, polite 

 literature, &c., which may occur to him, either from reflection, 

 experiment, reading or correspondence, shall send or deliver his 

 paper to one of the Secretaries, the Monday before the Meeting 

 of the Society. 



11. That the Secretary to whom the paper shall be delivered, 

 shall, with the approbation of one President or two Vice- 



