LAWS. 



[By the Charter of the Society (printed in the Transactions, Vol. VI. p. 5), the Laws cannot 

 be altered, except at a Meeting held one month after that at which the Motion for 

 alteration shall have been proposed.] 



I. 



THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH shall consist of Ordinary and Title. 

 Honorary Fellows. 



II. 



Every Ordinary Fellow, within three months after his election, shall pay Two The fees of Ordi- 



c i mi n ■ • -i nary Fellows resid- 



Guineas as the fee of admission, and Ihree Guineas as his contribution for the ing in Scotland. 

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

 Session, Three Guineas into the hands of the Treasurer. This annual contribution 

 shall continue for ten years after his admission, and it shall be limited to Two 

 Guineas for fifteen years thereafter.* 



III. 



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

 be exempted from farther payment. 



IV. 



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



J . ' ' dent Ordinary 



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



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. In the case of any Resident Fellow ceasing to reside in Scot- Case of Fello «s 



1 "" becoming- Non- Re- 



sident. 



* At the Meeting of the Society, on the 5th January 1857, when the reduction of the Contri- 

 butions from £3, 3s., to £2, 2s., from the 11th to the 25th year of membership, was adopted, it was 

 resolved that the existing Members shall share in this reduction, so far as regards their future 

 annual Contributions. 



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



