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Record of the Royal Society. 



On every St. 

 Andrew's Day, 

 (unless it be Sun- 

 day, and then on 

 the next day), 

 the President, 

 Council, and 

 Fellows, or any 

 Thirty-one or 

 more of them 

 <of whom, &c.), 

 or the major 

 part of such 

 Thirty-one or 

 inn re, may elect 

 proper persons 

 out of the Coun- 

 cil to he Trea- 

 surer and Secre- 

 taries ; who, 

 after being 

 sworn, are to 

 hold their Offices 

 till the following 

 St. Andrew's 

 Day. 



If the Elections 

 of President, 

 Council, Trea- 

 surer, and Secre- 

 taries, or any of 

 them, cannot 

 conveniently be 

 made or finished 

 upon St. An- 

 drew's Day, the 

 President, Coun- 

 cil, and Fellows, 

 or any Thirty-one 

 or more of them, 

 (of whom, <fcc.) 

 or the major part 

 of such Thirty- 

 one, or more, 

 may appoint one 

 or more other 

 day or days, till 

 they shall be 

 finished. 



If any of the said 

 Officers die, 

 retire, or be 

 amoved, the 

 President, 

 Council, and 

 Fellows, or any 

 Twenty-one or 

 more of them (of 

 whom the Pre- 

 sident or his 

 Deputy to be 



nominate, choose, create, appoint, and make, our beloved 

 subjects the aforesaid William Balle, Esquire, to be and 

 become the first and present Treasurer, and the aforesaid 

 John Wilkins and Henry Oldenburg to be and become 

 the first and present Secretaries, of the aforesaid Royal 

 Society ; to be continued in the same offices until the afore- 

 said feast of St. Andrew the Apostle next following after 

 the date of these presents : And that from time to time 

 and at all times on the aforesaid feast of St. Andrew 

 the Apostle (unless it shall be Sunday, and if it be 

 Sunday, then on the day next following), the President, 

 Council, and Fellows of the aforesaid Royal Society for 

 the time being, or any thirty-one or more of them (of 

 whom we will the President for the time being, or his 

 Deputy, to be one), or the major part of the aforesaid 

 thirty-one^lr more, may be able and have power to elect, 

 nominate, and appoint upright and discreet men, who are 

 and shall be of the number of the Council of the Royal 

 Society aforesaid, as Treasurer and Secretaries, from time 

 to time ; and that those who shall so have been elected, 

 appointed, and sworn to the aforesaid several and respec- 

 tive offices, as it is aforesaid, may be able and have power to 

 exercise and enjoy those respective offices until the afore- 

 said feast of St. Andrew then next following, their aforesaid 

 oaths, as it is aforesaid, first to be taken ; and so as often as 

 the case shall so happen. And if it shall happen that the 

 aforesaid elections of President, Council, Treasurer, [and] 

 Secretaries, or of any one or any of them, cannot con- 

 veniently be made or finished on the aforesaid feast of St. 

 Andrew, we give and grant to the aforesaid President, 

 Council, and Fellows, and to their successors for ever, that 

 they or any thirty-one or more of them (of whom we will 

 the President for the time being, or his Deputy, to be one), 

 or the major part of the said thirty-one or more, may law- 

 fully name and assign one other day, as near to the feast of 

 St. Andrew aforesaid as can conveniently be done, for 

 making or finishing the aforesaid elections ; and so from day 

 to day, until the aforesaid elections be finished : And if it 

 shall happen that any one or any of the aforesaid officers 

 of the same Royal Society shall die, retire, or be amoved 

 from their respective offices, that then and so often it may 

 and shall be good and lawful to the President, Council, 

 and Fellows of the aforesaid Royal Society, and to their 

 successors for ever, or to any twenty-one or more of them 

 (of whom we will the President for the time being, or his 



