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gentlemen now present, together with all who may apply to the 
Secretary before the next Meeting, be Members of the Society on 
their conforming to the Rules. 
III. — That any person who is desirous of becoming a Member 
after the next Meeting, must be proposed by a Member, in writing, 
to the Secretary, and ballotted for at the ensuing General Meeting. 
IV. — That the Annual Subscription be Half-a-Guinea, and that 
it be due on admission, and at the Annual Meeting. 
V. — That the Officers of the Society be a President, Vice- 
Presidents, a Committee of nine, (of whom three shall be a Quorum,) 
and a Treasurer and Secretary, who shall be ex-officio a Member of 
the Committee ; and that three of the Committee retire annually. 
VI. — That the Officers be elected at the Annual Meeting, and be 
capable of being re-elected. 
VII. — That the following Noblemen and Gentlemen be requested 
to accept their respective Offices : — 
President : 
Earl Fitzwilliam. 
Vice-Presidents : 
Earl of Scarborough, T. W. Beaumont, Esq., 
Earl of Mexborough, J. Spencer Stanhope, Esq., 
Earl of Effingham, R. 0. Gascoigne, Esq., 
Lord Wharncliffe, C. J. Brandling, Esq., 
Lord Stourton, W. B. Martin, Esq., 
Sir J. L. L. Kaye, G. L. Fox, Esq. 
Committee : 
Rev. S. Sharp, Mr. Embleton, 
Mr. Jno. Charlesworth, Mr. Field, 
Mr. Jos. Charlesworth, Mr. Biram, 
Mr. Hartop, Mr. Holt. 
Mr. Briggs. 
Treasurer & Secretary : 
Mr. Thomas Wilson. 
VIII. — That the Meetings be held at Wakefield, on the first 
Thursdays in March, June, September, and December, at Eleven 
o'clock. 
