Case of Fellows 
becoming Non- 
Resident. 
Defaulters. 
Privileges of 
Ordinary Fellows. 
Numbers Un- 
limited. 
Fellows entitled to 
Transactions. 
Mode of Recom- 
mending Ordinary 
Fellows. 
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from any further payment. In the case of any Resident Fellow ceasing to reside 
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. 
V; 
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. 
VI. 
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. 
VIL. 
The number of Ordinary Fellows shall be unlimited. 
VILL. 
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. 
ID. 
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 fous 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 be exhibited publicly in the Society’s Rooms for one month, after which 
it shall be considered by the Council. ff the Candidate be approved by the 
Council, notice of the day fixed for the election shall be given in the circulars 
of at least two Ordinary Meetings of the Society. 
* “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 
“recommend him as deserving of that honour, and as likely to prove a useful and valuable Member.” 
