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Laws. 



Members shall 

 sign laws. 



Conditions of 

 Resignation. 



The assent of at least five-sixths of the number voting 

 shall be requisite for the admission of a candidate. 



XXIII. Every new Member or Associate shall 

 receive due notice of his election, and be suppHed with 

 a copy of the obligation,* together with a copy of the 

 Laws of the Society. He shall not be entitled to 

 enjoy any privilege of the Society, nor shall his name 

 be printed in the List of Members, until he shall have 

 paid his admission fee and first annual subscription, 

 and have returned to the Secretaries the obligation 

 signed by himself He shall at the first meeting of 

 the Society at which he is present sign a duplicate of 

 the obligation in the Statute Book of the Society, after 

 which he shall be introduced to the Society by the 

 Chairman. No Member or Associate shall be at liberty 

 to withdraw from the Society without previously 

 giving notice in writing to one of the Secretaries of 

 his intention to withdraw, and returning aU books 

 or other property of the Society in his possession. 

 Members and Associates will be considered liable for 

 the pajnnent of all subscriptions due from them up 

 to the date at which they give written notice of their 

 intention to withdraw from the Society. 



XXIV. Gentlemen not resident in Victoria, who 

 are distinguished for their attainments in science, 

 literature, or art, may be proposed for election as 

 Honorary Members, on the recommendation of an 

 absolute majority of the Council. The election shall 

 be conducted in the same manner as that of ordinary 

 Members, but nine-tenths of the votes must be in 

 favour of the candidate. 



Subscriptions. XXV. Members of the Society, resident in Mel- 

 bourne, or within ten miles thereof, shall pay two 

 guineas annually. Members residing beyond that dis- 



Honorary 

 Members. 



■* The obligation referred to is as follows : — 



Royal Society of Victoria. 

 1, the undersigned, do hereby engage that I will endeavour to 

 promote the interests and welfare of the Royal Society of 

 V ictoria, and to observe its laws, as long as 1 shall remain a 

 Member or Associate thereof* 

 (Signed) 

 Address 

 Date 



