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Record of the Royal Society. 



Thirty-one or 



The President 



ou^fheCounci 

 tobehisDeputy 



who may act as 

 sence, unless the 

 some 1 other De- 

 Council! fthe 



The Deputy may, 



in the absence of 



the President, do 

 himself could do 



may and shall have full power and authority to elect, 

 nominate, appoint, and change ten of the Fellows of the 

 Royal Society aforesaid, to fill up the places and offices of 

 ten of the aforesaid number of twenty-one of the Council of 

 the Royal Society aforesaid ; for we do declare ifc to be our 

 royal pleasure, and by these presents for us, our heirs, and 

 successors we do grant, that ten of the aforesaid Council, 

 and no more, shall be annually changed and amoved by 

 the President, Council, and Fellows of the Royal Society 

 aforesaid. 



We will also, and for us, our heirs, and successors do grant 

 to the aforesaid President, Council, and Fellows of the 

 a f oresaid Royal Society, and to their successors for ever, 

 that if it shall happen that the President of the same 

 Royal Society for the time being is detained by sickness 

 or infirnrHjr, or is employed in the service of us, our 

 heirs, or successors, or is otherwise occupied, so that he 

 shall not be able to attend to the necessary affairs of 

 the same Royal Society touching the office of President, 

 that then and so often it may and shall be good and 

 lawful to the same President so detained, employed or 

 occupied, to nominate and appoint one of the Council of 

 the aforesaid Royal Society for the time being to be and 

 become the Deputy of the same President ; which same 

 Deputy, so to be made and appointed in the office of 

 Deputy of the President aforesaid, may and shall be the 

 Deputy of the same President from time to time, as often 

 as the aforesaid President shall happen to be so absent, 

 during the whole time in which the aforesaid President 

 shall continue in the office of President ; unless in the mean- 

 while the aforesaid President of the Royal Society afore- 

 said for the time being shall have made and appointed one 

 other of the aforesaid Council his Deputy ; And that every 

 such Deputy of the aforesaid President so to be made and 

 appointed, as it is aforesaid, may be able and have power 

 o (j o an( j execute all and singular things which pertain or 



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ought to pertain to the office of President of the aforesaid 

 Royal Society, or which are limited and appointed to be 

 done and executed by the aforesaid President, by virtue 

 of these our Letters Patent, from time to time, as often as 

 the aforesaid President shall happen to be so absent, 

 during such time as he shall continue the Deputy of the 

 aforesaid President, by force of these our Letters Patent, 

 as fully, freely, and wholly, and in as ample manner and 

 form, as the aforesaid President, if he were present, would 



