348 Royal Irish Academy. 



Any Candidate "who shall not have been elected shall, if any of his 

 proposers so request in writing, continue a Candidate and his name 

 shall be placed in alphabetical order with those of the new 

 Candidates to be announced in February following, and his Certifi- 

 cate shall be hung up along with those of the new Candidates. 



3. The Secretary of the Academy shall furnish to each Member, 

 on his election, notice thereof, and shall inform him of the time of 

 payment of his entrance fee, and of the annual subscription, according 

 to such form as the Council shall direct. 



4. Every Member, after his election, shall present himself for his 

 admission into the Academy at some General Meeting thereof, prior 

 to the Stated Meeting in November, or at the said Stated Meeting, 

 or within such further time as shall, for some sufficient cause, be 

 granted by the Council, otherwise his election shall be void. The 

 admission of a Member into the Academy shall be ia the manner and 

 form following : — The President, taking him by the hand, shall say 

 these words, or words to the same effect : — " In the name and by the 

 authority of the Eoyal Irish Academy, I admit you a Member 

 thereof." 



5. And every Member, before his formal admission, shall, in the 

 face of the Academy, subscribe this obligation : — 



" "We, whose names are underwritten, having been elected 

 Members of the Eoyal Irish Academy, for advancing the study of 

 Science, Polite Literature, and Antiquities, do hereby promise, each 

 for himself, that we will endeavour to promote the good of said 

 Academy, and to pursue the ends for which the same was founded ; 

 that we will be present at the meetings of said Academy as often as 

 we conveniently can, especially at the annual elections, and upon 

 extraordinary occasions ; and that we will observe the Statutes and 

 By-Laws for the time being of said Academy." 



2. Honorary Members. 



6. Honorary Members may be elected by the Academy on the 

 special recommendation of the Council ; the grounds of such re- 

 commendation to be stated in writing, and hung up ia the public 

 room of the Academy for one calendar month before the ballot for 

 their election. 



