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Royal Society of South Australia 



(INCORPORATRT)). 



Rules 



AS AMENDED, 1923. 



Name. 



1. The title of the Society is the "Royal Society of South AustraHa 

 (Incorporated)," hereinafter called the Society. 



Objects. 



2. The objects of the Society are the promotion and diffusion of scientific 

 knowledge by meetings for the reading and discussion of papers and by other 

 methods. 



Constitution. 



3. The Society shall be constituted of the persons who are enrolled as mem- 

 bers. They shall be classed as Fellows, Honorary Members, Corresponding 

 Members, and Associates. 



4. Honorary Members must be persons distinguished for their attainments 

 in science, or who have rendered signal service to the Society. 



5. Corresponding Members must be persons who reside more than ten miles 

 from the General Post Office, Adelaide, and who, by furnishing papers or other- 

 wise, have promoted the objects of the Society. 



6. Men or women may be Associates ; the male Associates must be under the 

 age of 21 years. 



7. Associates shall at any time be entitled to become Fellows upon their 

 written application to the Council, and payment of the prescribed subscription 

 payable by Fellows. 



8. Honorary Members, Corresponding Members, and Associates shall be en- 

 titled to all the privileges of Fellows, except that they shall not debate or vote 

 upon questions dealing with the management of the Society's business. 



Election of Members. 



9. Every candidate for membership must be nominated on the prescribed 

 form by two Fellows, one of whom must attest from personal knowledge of 

 the candidate. 



10. The nomination paper shall be lodged with the Secretary, and shall be 

 submitted to the Council and the Society at their first following meetings, and the 

 election shall be held at the next subsequent meeting (not being a special meet- 

 ing) of the Society. 



11. No person shall be eligible for election as an Honorary Member unless 

 recommended by the Council. 



12. Elections shall be by ballot, one negative in six excluding. 



13. A candidate who has been so excluded shall not be eligible to be again 

 nominated within one year of such exclusion. 



14. Every person elected shall have immediate notice thereof transmitted to 

 him by the Secretary, accompanied by a copy of the Rules and By-Laws, and 

 shall be enrolled as a member. 



