﻿LAWS. 
  

  

  i. 
  

  

  THE 
  ROYAL 
  SOCIETY 
  OF 
  EDINBURGH 
  shall 
  consist 
  of 
  Ordinary 
  and 
  

   Honorary 
  Fellows. 
  

  

  II. 
  

  

  Every 
  Ordinary 
  Fellow, 
  within 
  three 
  months 
  after 
  his 
  election, 
  shall 
  pay 
  Five 
  

   Guineas 
  as 
  fees 
  of 
  admission, 
  and 
  Three 
  Guineas 
  as 
  his 
  contribution 
  for 
  the 
  Ses- 
  

   sion 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  has 
  been 
  elected 
  ; 
  and 
  annually 
  at 
  the 
  commencement 
  of 
  every 
  

   Session, 
  Three 
  Guineas 
  into 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  Treasurer.* 
  

  

  III. 
  

  

  All 
  Fellows 
  who 
  shall 
  have 
  paid 
  Twenty-five 
  years' 
  annual 
  contribution 
  shall 
  

   be 
  exempt 
  from 
  farther 
  payment. 
  

  

  IV. 
  

  

  The 
  fees 
  of 
  admission 
  of 
  an 
  Ordinary 
  Non-Resident 
  Fellow 
  shall 
  be 
  £26', 
  5s., 
  

   payable 
  on 
  his 
  admission 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  any 
  Non-Resident 
  Fellow 
  coming 
  to 
  

   reside 
  at 
  any 
  time 
  in 
  Scotland, 
  he 
  shall, 
  during 
  each 
  year 
  of 
  his 
  residence, 
  pay 
  

   the 
  usual 
  annual 
  contribution 
  of 
  £3, 
  3s., 
  payable 
  by 
  each 
  Resident 
  Fellow 
  ; 
  but 
  

   after 
  payment 
  of 
  such 
  annual 
  contribution 
  for 
  eight 
  years, 
  he 
  shall 
  be 
  exempt 
  

   from 
  any 
  farther 
  payment. 
  

  

  V. 
  

  

  Members 
  failing 
  to 
  pay 
  their 
  contribution 
  for 
  three 
  successive 
  years 
  (due 
  ap- 
  

   plication 
  having 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  them 
  by 
  the 
  Treasurer) 
  shall 
  be 
  reported 
  to 
  the 
  

   Council, 
  and, 
  if 
  they 
  see 
  fit, 
  shall 
  be 
  declared 
  from 
  that 
  period 
  to 
  be 
  no 
  longer 
  

   Fellows, 
  and 
  the 
  legal 
  means 
  for 
  recovering 
  such 
  arrears 
  shall 
  be 
  employed. 
  

  

  VI. 
  

  

  None 
  but 
  Ordinary 
  Fellows 
  shall 
  bear 
  any 
  office 
  in 
  the 
  Society, 
  or 
  vote 
  in 
  the 
  

   choice 
  of 
  Fellows 
  or 
  Office-Bearers, 
  or 
  interfere 
  in 
  the 
  patrimonial 
  interests 
  of 
  the 
  

   Society. 
  

  

  * 
  A 
  modification 
  of 
  this 
  rule, 
  in 
  certain 
  cases, 
  was 
  agreed 
  to 
  3d 
  January 
  1831. 
  

  

  