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BY-LAWS 



E-ELATI]Sr& TO SeCTIOXS IN" CONNECTION" WITH THE SOCIETT. 



1. AVith the cousent o£ tlie Council, Sections may be formed 

 in connection with the Royal Society for the special study of 

 particular branches of natural or applied science. 



2. Such Sections shall consist of — 



a. Members of the Koyal Society who may desire to 

 join the Section, and shall pay the annual subscrip- 

 tion. 



h. Other persons, not being members of the Eoyal 

 Society, who shall haye been regularly elected sub- 

 scribers to the Section. 



3. Members of the Eoyal Society who may join any of the 

 Sections shall not be required to pay any entrance fee, and 

 the annual subscription to be paid by them shall not exceed 

 one-half of that to be paid by non-members of the Society. 



4. The members of each Section shall elect their own Com- 

 mittee of Management. 



5. The President and Vice-Presidents of the Eoyal Society 

 for the time being shall be ex-qfficio members of the Committee 

 of Management of all Sections that may be formed. 



6. The rules and regulations for the management of all 

 Sections shall be submitted to the Council of the Eoyal Society 

 for their approval, and shall not have any e:ffect until they have 

 been formally approved by the Council. 



7. Subscribers to the Sections shall have access to the library 

 of the Eoyal Society, subject to such regulations as may be 

 made by the Council. 



8. The Committee of Management of each Section shall on 

 or before 15th September of each year furnish to the Council 

 of the Eoyal Society an annual report of the proceedings of 

 the Section, with a balance-sheet, for publication (subject to 

 the approval of the Council) in the Society's annual volume. 

 A copy of such report shall be given to each member of the 

 Section whose subscription for that year shall have been paid. 



9. Sections shall be allowed the use of the Society's room at 

 such times as may be approved by the Council. 



10. All subscriptions received by any Section must be paid 

 to the Hon. Secretary of the Eoyal Society, any funds required 

 by such Section being supplied by the Parent Society. Sections 

 should be as far as possible self-supporting, but grants of 

 money may be made to any Section by the Council out of the 

 general funds of the Society. 



