HIS TORT of the SOCIETT. h 



X. 



The Honorary Members of the Society shall not be subject to the 

 annual contributions. They shall be limited to Twenty-one, and shall 

 consist of men distinguished for literature and science, not residing in 

 Scotland. 



XL 



The election of Members, whether Ordinary or Honorary, shall be by ^f " of Mem * 

 ballot ; it shall require the presence of Twenty-four Members at least 

 to make a quorum, and the election shall be determined by the majority 

 of votes. 



XII. 



The election of Members shall be made at one General Meeting an- 

 nually, on the fourth Monday of January. 



XIII. 



No person shall be proposed as an Ordinary Member, without a re- 

 commendation presented by a Member of the Society, and subscribed 

 by Three, to the purport mentioned below * ; which recommendation 

 shall be hung up in the Rooms of the Society, at least during Three 

 Ordinary Meetings ^of the Classes) previdus to the day of election. 



XIV. 



In order to carry on with facility and. success those improvements in 

 science and literature, which are the objects of the institution, the So- 

 ciety shall be divided into two Classes, the Physical and the Literary 

 Class ; the former having for its department the sciences of Mathematics, 

 Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Medicine, Natural History, and what 

 relates to the improvement of Arts and Manufactures \ the latter having 



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* " A. B. a gentleman well skilled in many branches of Philosophy and Polite Learning, 

 (Mathematics, Chemistry, Natural History, &c.) being to our knowledge desirous of be- 

 coming a Member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, we whose names are subscribed, 

 do recommend him as deserving of that honour, and as likely to prove an useful and valu> 

 able Member." 



