And we do hereby declare and grants That the number of Fellows of the said J^'^J^'"* ^^* 

 Society shall be indefinite ; and that they the said ReverendWilliam Buckland^ Arthur 

 Aikin, John Bostock, George Bellas Greenough, and Henry Warburton, shall be 

 the first Fellows of the said Society ; and that any three or more of them shall and power, for a 

 may, on or before the third Friday in February next ensuing the date of these pre- p'dnt "other 

 sents, under their respective hands in writing, appoint such other persons to be Fore°ign'Mem- 

 Fellows and Foreign Members of the said society as are willing to be appointed^ ^^'°' 

 and as they may think fit. 



And we do further declare and grants That for the better government of the 

 said Society, and for the better management of the concerns thereof, there shall be 

 from the date of these presents^ thenceforth and for ever, a President and Council coimdi"^*"^ 

 of the said Society, and that such Council (whereof the President shall be deemed fj"*^^J""'=^| 

 a Member,) shall from the date of these presents until the third Friday in February p^^^^* "^''"^ ' 

 next ensuing, consist of Five Members ; and from the said third Friday in February ciisoftwenty. 



,- 111 ' r m 1 T»/ri three Menv 



thenceforth and for ever, shall consist or Twenty-three Members. bers. 



And we do hereby appoint the said Reverend William Buckland to be first First Council 

 President ; and the said Reverend William Buckland, together with the said Arthur poimedatXo 

 Aikin, John Bostock, George Bellas Greenough, and Henry Warburton, to be the Jf^'^^", "\^^" 

 first Council, all and each of the aforesaid persons to continue in such their respec- '•"f^^ ^;''|f y 

 tive offices until the third Friday in February next ensuing the date of these presents. T^h. 



And we further direct. That the Fellows of the said Society, or any Eleven or 

 more of them, shall and may, on the said third Friday in February next ensuing, 

 and also shall and may on the third Friday in February (or as near thereto as con- ciu o7twe°nt'y- 

 veniently may be^ hi every successive year, assemble together at the then last or 'I^hen''7o*be 

 other usual place of meeting of the said Society, and by method of Ballot, remove «'e'^"''^- 



from the then present Council one-fifth or more of the persons of whom it shall then one-iifth 



more to ' 

 cate annually. 



or 



be composed ; And also shall and may, by the like method of Ballot^, elect other "'"'^^ ^° "'*' 

 persons, being Fellows of the said Society, into the Council, who together with 

 the persons not so removed, shall form the Council for the then next ensuing year, 

 so that the Members of such Council shall amount in number to twenty-three. 



And also. That the Fellows of the said Society, or any eleven or more of them, 

 shall and may, at the time and in manner aforesaid, by the like method of Ballot, aretobeeieo 

 elect from among the Members of the Council, when formed and elected in the and are to be 

 manner aforesaid, one person to be President of the said Society for the year of "he "^Coun! 

 ensuing, and so many and such persons as they shall think proper to be Vice- "^' 

 Presidents, Secretary or Secretaries, and Treasurer or Treasurers, of the said 

 Society for the year ensuing. 



And also shall and may, in case of the death of the President, or of any Vice- Power to rin 

 President, Secretary, or Treasurer, or of any other Member of the Council for the m "^ca^r'.of 

 time being, of the said Society, within the space of two months next after such"''*''" 

 death, or as near thereto as conveniently may be, in manner aforesaid, elect some 

 other person, being a Fellow of the said Society, to supply the place of such 

 President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, or other Member of the Council 

 so dying. 



