LAWS OF THE SOCIETY. 657 
X. 
Honorary Fellows shall not be subject to any contribution. This class shall 
consist of persons eminently distinguished for science or literature. Its number 
shall not exceed Fifty-six, of whom Twenty may be British subjects, and Thirty- 
six may be subjects of foreign states. 
XI. 
Personages of Royal Blood may be elected Honorary Fellows, without regard 
to the limitation of numbers specified in Law X. 
XII. 
Honorary Fellows may be proposed by the Council, or by a recommenda- 
tion (in the form given below*) subscribed by three Ordinary Fellows ; and in 
case the Council shall decline to bring this recommendation before the Society, 
it shall be competent for the proposers to bring the same before a General 
Meeting. The election shall be by ballot, after the proposal has been commu- 
nicated viva voce from the Chair at one meeting, and printed in the circulars 
for two ordinary meetings of the Society, previous to the day of election. 
XIII. 
The election of Ordinary Fellows shall only take place at the first Ordinary 
Meeting of each month during the Session. The election shall be by ballot, 
and shall be determined by a majority of at least two-thirds of the votes, pro- 
vided Twenty-four Fellows be present and vote. 
XIV. 
The Ordinary Meetings shall be held on the first and third Mondays of 
every month from December to July inclusively ; excepting when there are 
five Mondays in January, in which case the Meetings for that month shall 
be held on its third and fifth Mondays. Regular Minutes shall be kept of 
the proceedings, and the Secretaries shall do the duty alternately, or 
according to such agreement as they may find it convenient to make. 
* We hereby recommend 
for the distinction of being made an Honorary Fellow of this Society, declaring that each of us from 
our own knowledge of his services to (Literature or Science, as the case may be) believe him to be 
worthy of that honour. 
(To be signed by three Ordinary Fellows.) 
To the President and Council of the Royal Society 
of Edinburgh. 
Honorary Fellows, 
British and 
Foreign. 
Royal Personages. 
Recommendation 
of Honorary Fel- 
lows. 
Mode of Election. 
Election of Ordi- 
nary Fellows. 
Ordinary Meet- 
ings. 
