XXXVI 
Laics, Bye-Laws, and Regulations. 
The President or Chairman of the Council, for the time being, shall 
open the cover on which the motto designating the Essay to which the 
Prize has been awarded is written, and shall declare the name of the 
author. 
The Chairman of the Journal Committee shall alone be empowered 
to open the motto-paper of such Essays, not obtaining the Prize, as he 
may think likely to be useful for the Society's objects, with a view of 
consulting the writer confidentially as to his willingness to place such 
paper at the disposal of the Journal Committee. 
The copyright of all Essays gaining prizes shall belong to the So- 
ciety, who shall accordingly have the power to publish the whole or 
any part of such Essays ; and the other Essays will be returned on the 
application of the writers ; but the Society do not make themselves re- 
sponsible for their loss. 
The Society are not bound to award a prize unless they consider one 
of the Essays deserving of it. 
In all reports of experiments the expenses shall be accurately de- 
tailed. 
The imperial weights and measures only are those by which calcula- 
tions are to be made. 
No prize shall be given for any Essay which has been already in 
print. 
Prizes may be taken in money or plate, at the option of the success- 
ful candidate. 
All Essays must be addressed to the Secretary, at the house of the 
Society. 
Libraiy. 
There shall be a Library of the Society ; of which a catalogue shall 
be kept : and all donations of books shall be referred to the Journal 
Committee to decide whether the books shall be accepted. A register 
shall be kept in which an entry shall be made of all presents of books 
which are so accepted, and of all seeds, implements, and models, to- 
gather with the names of the donors. 
No model, implement, or other object can be exhibited to the Society 
without leave from the Council. 
J3i/e-Laivs. 
No existing bye-law thall be altered, or any new one made, except 
at the Meeting of the Council, on the first Wednesday in May, or 
the first Wednesday in December, one month's notice having been 
