CEYLON BRANCH 

 110 YAL ASIATIC SOCIETY. 



Rules and Regulations of the Society, as amended from the 

 First Meeting, 7th February, 1845. 



1st — That a Society be formed to institute and promote enquiries 

 into the History, Religion, Literature, Arts, and Natural Philosophy of 

 Ceylon, together with the social condition of its present and former 

 inhabitants. 



2nd — That the Society be designated the Asiatic Society of Ceylon. 



3rd — That a correspondence be opened with the Royal Asiatic So- 

 ciety of Great Britain and Ireland, with a view to its becoming a branch 

 of that Society. 



4th — That every member of the Society do pay an admission fee of 

 half a Guinea, and an annual subscription of one Guinea. 



5th — The office-bearers of the Society shall be a President, Vice- 

 President, Librarian, Treasurer, and Secretary, appointed from time to 

 time by open vote at some General Meeting of the Society. 



6th — The affairs of the Society shall be managed by a Committee of 

 five members, in addition to office-bearers, elected in like manner, but 

 subject always to the rules and regulations passed at General Meet- 

 ings — three to form a quorum. 



7th — Any person who may desire to become a member of the So- 

 ciety shall be proposed and seconded by members at a General Meeting, 

 and be elected by ballot at the next General Meeting ; — no person being 

 considered as elected unless he has in his favor two-thirds of the votes 

 given. 



8th — A General Meeting of the Society shall be held quarterly, 

 namely, in the first week of the months of February, May, August, and 

 November, and at such other times as may be determined by the Com- 

 mittee, — notice of the day of meeting, and of the subjects to be brought 

 forward to be given by the Secretary, and no meetings of the Society 

 shall be held, nor any business transacted but after such notice given. 



9th — All papers and other communications to the Society shall be 

 read and submitted at a General Meeting by some members of the 

 Society, except in the case of communications being received from 

 individuals not members, when, if the meeting think fit, they shall be 

 read by the author. 



10th — All papers and other communications to the Society read at 

 any General Meeting shall be open to free discussion. 



11th — No paper read before the Society shall be printed in the 

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