THE STATUTES OF i !><)., l ,7 



to be made, concerning the government and regulating of the Society or 



Council ; and also a Register of the Fellows of the Society, with the times of Roister of 



their Election and Admission. 



III. There shall be kept Journal-boohs of the Society, and also of tin- ( Ouiu il, Journal- 

 wherein shall be entered all the minutes, orders, and business of the Society 



and Council at their respective meetings ; to which Journal-books any Fellow 

 may have access at such times as the Library is open. 



IV. A Book shall be kept, in which the title of each communication Register of 

 received, the date of its reception at the apartments of the Society, and the 



name of the Fellow or Foreign Member who communicates it, shall be duly 

 entered in the order of its reception. 



V. The original copy of every Paper received at the Society shall be Papers corn- 

 considered the property of the Society, if there be no previous engagement m 



with its author to the contrary ; but any author may withdraw a paper, Withdrawal 



provided it has not yet been read, or may, by leave of the Council, have a 



copy of his paper ; and it shall be in the power of the Council, if they think 



fit, to return to any author such drawings or other illustrations accompanying 



any paper communicated by him or on his behalf, which he may ask in writing 



to be returned to him. All the Papers not withdrawn shall be delivered to 



the Committee of Papers. 



CHAP. XVI Of the Archives of the Society. 



I. THE scientific and historical manuscript collections of the Society, Manuscripts, 

 including the collections of engravings, and also confidential reports relating 



to papers submitted to the Society, shall be preserved in the Archives, and 

 catalogued so as to be available to duly authorised persons for consultation 

 and study. The manuscripts of all papers read before the Society, of which 

 the publication has been deferred, shall be preserved in the Archives. 



II. A catalogue of the manuscripts in the Archives shall be available for Catalogue, 

 reference at the rooms of the Society ; and permission may be granted by the 

 Council or Officers of the Society to Fellows or to any person duly introduced 



by a Fellow, to consult and examine specified manuscripts not of a confidential 

 character. 



III. No manuscript deposited in the Archives shall be removed from the Manuscripts 

 rooms of the Society without permission of the Council, on security given for "^ovetf. 

 its safe custody and return. 



CHAP. XVII Of the Library. 



I. THE Library shall be open to the Fellows on such days, and at such Library 

 hours, and subject to such regulations, as the Council may from time to time 

 determine by Standing Orders. 



