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Members of tlie second class, paying a donation of 15 Rupees, and a 

 quarterly subscription of 10 Rupees, who are entitled to tlie use of the 

 museum and the perusal of all stock books in tbe Library, upon their 

 application for the same. 



3. Persons desirous of becoming Members may be admitted to either 

 class at their option on application to the Secretary, accompanied by the 

 recommendation of one Member of the Society in the following form : 



I recommend Mr. to be a Member of the Madras Lite- 

 rary Society and Auxiliary of the Royal Asiatic Society of the 



class. 



4. The OflBcers belonging to the garrison of Madras, and other per- 

 sons not permanently stationed or resident at the Presidency, may be- 

 come Members of the Society, and be entitled to all the privileges of 

 Members of the 2nd class, without paying donation. 



5. The quarters are considered as commencing on the 1st of January, 

 April, July, and October, respectively — a new Member admitted in the 

 first month of the quarter is required to pay the whole subscription, in 

 the second month two-thirds, and in the third month, one-third of the 

 subscription for the current quarter. Members absent from the Presi- 

 dency on duty or otherwise are exempted from subscription. 



6. The management of the affairs of the Society is vested in eleven 

 Members, severally chosen at the Annual G-eneral Meeting of the So- 

 ciety, who, together with the Secretary, form the General Committee 

 of Management. 



7. The General Committee of Management elect their own Chairman, 

 who is ex-officio a Member of all Sub-Committees. 



8. The Secretary is appointed by the General Committee of Manage- 

 ment, subject to the approval of the President of the Society. 



9. All vacancies, permanent or temporary, in the Committee of Ma- 

 nagement, occurring in the course of the current year, may be filled up 

 by the Committee. 



10. Any Member of the Committee of Management who, without 

 satisfactory reason assigned, absents himself from three successive 

 monthly Meetings of the Committee, is held thereby to have ceased to 

 belong to the Committee, which will proceed accordingly to supply his 

 place, in accordance with Rule 9. 



11. The whole of the funds of the Society are subject to the control 

 of the General Committee of Management, and aU donations and sub- 

 scriptions form one fund, to be appropriated for the general purposes 

 of the Society. 



12. The duties formerly conducted by the Committee of papers of 

 the Asiatic department are now entrusted to a Sub-Committee elected 

 from the Members of the General Committee of Management. 



