Defaulters. 
Privileges of 
Ordinary Fellows. 
Numbers Un- 
limited. 
Fellows entitled 
to Transactions. 
Mode of Recom- 
mending Ordinary 
Fellows. 
Honorary Fellows, 
British and 
Foreign. 
866 APPENDIX.—LAWS OF THE SOCIETY. 
in Scotland, and wishing to continue a Fellow of the Society, it shall be in the 
power of the Council to determine on what terms, in the circumstances of each 
case, the privilege of remaining a Fellow of the Society shall be continued to 
such Fellow while out of Scotland. 
Ni 
Members failing to pay their contributions 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. 
Wa: 
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. 
Vid. 
The number of Ordinary Fellows shall be unlimited. 
VIII. 
The Ordinary Fellows, upon producing an order from the TrEAsuRER, shall 
be entitled to receive from the Publisher, gratis, the Parts of the Society’s 
Transactions which shall be published subsequent to their admission. 
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Candidates for admission as Ordinary Fellows shall make an application in 
writing, and shall produce along with it a certificate of recommendation to the 
purport below,* signed by at least four Ordinary Fellows, two of whom shall 
certify their recommendation from personal knowledge. This recommendation 
shall be delivered to the Secretary, and by him laid before the Council, and 
shall afterwards be printed in the circulars for three Ordinary Meetings of 
the Society, previous to the day of election, and shall lie upon the table during 
that time. 
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Honorary Fellows shall not be subject to any contribution. This class shall 
* “A. B., a gentleman well versed in Science (or Polite Literature, as the case may be), being 
“to our knowledge desirous of becoming a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, we hereby 
“ yecommend him as deserving of that honour, and as likely to prove a useful and valuable Member.” 

