1U KIA01U) OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY 



I\. All Hooks wiiats, H -\er belonging to the Society shall be returned at a 



,1 In tlu- Council, in each year; and the Library shall be 



one month after such time, or for such shorter periods as the Council 



\aliu- of Mich Hooks in the possession of any Fellow as are not 

 i hi arv pursuant to the preceding Statute, shall be required 

 to IK- paid In the person who has so detained them. 



CUM-. \\-Oft1tc Common Seal and Deeds. 



I. M>. >n Seal of the Society shall be kept in an iron chest, having 

 rh three ditVerent keys; whereof one shall be in the custody of 



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



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

 shall d and Mailed in Council, and signed by the President on the 



the label, and signed on the back by the rest of the Members of 

 ineil present. 



CUM-. XVI Of the making and repealing of Laws. 



I. I-'oi: the making of any Law or Statute of the Royal Society, the draught 

 of shall !>e read in Council, and put to the vote, on two several days of 



their Meeting. The lir.st day the question to be resolved by vote shall be to 



this effect. \ i/. Whether the draught of the said Statute, then agreed upon, shall 



t another Meeting? 1 The second day the question shall be to this 



Whether the draught of the said Statute, then agreed upon, shall 



. or not '^ 



II. I '"i t he repealing of any Law or Statute, or any part thereof, the Repeal 

 shall IK- 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, \'r/.. 

 Win-tiler the Repeal of such a Statute, or such part thereof, shall be proposed 



other Meeting?" The >econd day the question shall be to this effect, vi/. 



Whether such a Statute, or such part thereof, shall be repealed, or not? 1 



And in c ax- the > a id Repeal be agreed unto, the same shall be recorded 



in the Journal-Look of the Council; and the Statute, or part of the Statute, 



d. shall be cancelled in the Statute-book. 



