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. | 
5 
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH shall consist of Ordinary and 
Honorary Fellows. 
i. 
Every Ordinary Fellow, within three months after his election, shall pay Two 
Guineas as the fee of admission, and Three Guineas as his contribution 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. This annual contribution 
shall continue for ten years after his admission, and it shall be limited to Two 
Guineas for fifteen years thereafter.* 
Tif. 
All Fellows who shall have paid Twenty-five years’ annual contribution shall 
be exempted 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. In the case of any Resident Fellow ceasing to reside 
* At the Meeting of the Society, on the 5th January 1857, when the reduction of the Contribu- 
tions 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. 
Title. 
The fees of Ordi- 
nary Fellows resid- 
ing in Scotland. 
Payment to cease 
after 25 years. 
Fees of Non-Resi- 
dent Ordinary 
Fellows. 
Case of Fellows 
becoming Non-Re- 
sident. 
