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 contri- 

 bution for the Session 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 contribu- 

 tions shall be exempt from further payment. 



IV. 



Ordinary Fellows, not residing in Scotland, shall compound for the 

 annual contribution at the rate of fifteen years' purchase. 



V. 



Members failing to pay their contribution for three successive years 

 (due application 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. 



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



