Alterations in the Bye-Laws. 

 The following Alterations in the Bye-Laws, proposed by the Council on 

 the I8th of April, having been hung up in the common Meeting-room of 

 the Society, and read by the President, or Vice-President in the Chair, at 

 two successive General Meetings of the Society, viz. ISth April and 2nd of 

 May, were again read by the President at the Anniversary Meeting, May 

 24, 1878, put to the Ballot, and confirmed by the Fellows at large, in the 

 terms of the Charter : — 



New Bye-Laws. — Chap. IL 



Section III. — Every Fellow who shall be elected after the Twenty-fourth 

 day of May, 1829, and before the 1st day of November, 1878, shall, be- 

 sides the Admission-Fee, further contribute towards the Funds of the 

 Society, previous to his Admission, by paying the Sum of Thirty Pounds 

 in lieu of all future Payments ; or he shall sign au obligation for the regular 

 Payment of Three Pounds per annum to the Society, so long as he shall 

 continue a Fellow. 



Section IV.— Every Fellow elected after the 24th day of May, 182.9, 

 and before the 1st day of November, 1878, may at any time compound 

 for his future Contributions by paying the sum of Thirty Pounds in One 

 Year instead of the Annual Contribution for that year ; in which case his 

 obligation to make Annual Payments shall be void. 



Section V. — The Yearly Contributions of all Fellows elected after the 

 24th day of May 1829, and before the 1st day of November, 1878, shall be 

 considered due and payable at each Anniversary Meeting, for the year pre- 

 ceding; but no such Fellow who shall have been elected on or after the 

 First Day of February, 1878, shall pay the Annual Contribution falling due 

 at the Anniversary Meeting of that Y'^ear. 



Section VI. — Every Fellow elected on or after the 1st of November, 

 1878, shall, in addition to the Admission-Fee of Six Pounds, also pay Three 

 Pounds as his Annual Contribution in Advance for the year commencing 

 on the preceding 24th of May, and a similar Contribution of Three Pounds 

 annually on each successive 24th of May, so long as he shall continue a 

 Fellovv'. Provided, however, that any such Fellow, if elected between the 

 1st of March and the 24th of May in any year, shall not be hable to the 

 Contribution for the year commencing on the preceding 24th of May, but 

 shall pay his first year's Contribution in advance on the succeeding 24th 

 of May. Every such Fellow shall sign an Obligation for the regular pay- 

 ment of his Annual Contribution of ,^3. 



Section VII. — Every Fellow who shall be elected on or after the 1st of 

 November, 1878, may at any time compound for his future Contributions, 

 including that for the then current year, by paying the sum of Fortv-five 

 Pounds. If he should have already paid the Contribution for the current 

 3'ear, such payment shall be allowed in part of the Composition. 



Section VIII. — In case any Fellow be not usually resident within the 

 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, such Person shall within 

 Six Months after his Election, or within such other time as the Council 

 shall permit, and before he be admitted, either provide such Security for 

 the Payment of the Annual Contributions as shall be satisfactory to the 

 Council or shall pay to the Treasurer in lieu of Annual Contributions such 

 sum as is hereinafter mentioned, — that is to say. If such Fellow shall have 

 been elected after the 24th of May, 1829, and before the 1st day of No- 

 vember, 1878, the sum of .^30, and if such Fellow shall have been elected 

 on or after the 1st day of November, 1878, the sum of ^46. 



Section IX. — If any Fellow paying Yearly Contributions should fail to 

 bring, or send in the same to the Treasurer, then unless the said Payment 

 be remitted in whole or in part by special Order of the Council, his Obli- 

 gation shall be put in suit for the recovery thereof, and he shall be liable 

 to ejection from the Society; upon which the Council shall proceed as 

 they 1 aay see cause. 



FREDK. CURREY, 



Secretary. 



