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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.] 



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 ordinary 

 Guineas as the fee of admission, and Three Guineas as his contribution for the 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.* Fellows may compound for these contri- 

 butions on such terms as the Council may from time to time fix. 



III. 



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



after 25 years. 



be exempted from further payment. 



IV. 



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



dent Ordinary 



payable on his admission ; and m case of any Non-Resident Fellow coining 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 



* A modification of this rule, in certain cases, was agreed to at a Meeting of the Society held on 

 the 3rd January 1831. 



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. 



