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country, as of drawings and models of the machinery and tools em- 
ployed in mining and manufacturing ; the holding of public meetings 
for discussing topics connected with these various subjects, the pubhca- 
tion of papers, reports, and transactions, and the corresponding and 
co-operating with the Metropolitan and other similar Societies for 
the advancement of their common object, 
4. Every candidate for admission into the Society must be 
proposed by two members at a General Meeting, and elected by a 
majority of the votes of the members present. Note. — Each member 
will have the privilege of admitting ladies and children at the 
Quarterly Meetings. 
5. Notice of his having been elected shall be sent by the 
Secretary to each member, with a copy of the laws and of the 
following declaration, which he shall be requested to sign and return 
to the Secretary. 
To the Council of the Geological and Polytechnic Society 
of the "West Riding of Yorkshire. 
' I do hereby declare that as a member of the above Society, I 
will conform to its laws, and endeavour to promote its objects.' 
Dated. Signed. 
6. Any member may withdraw from the Society by giving 
notice in writing of his intention to the Secretary, and paying up his 
subscription to the end of the current year. 
7. Any individual who resides out of the West Riding of York- 
shire, and is distinguished for the pursuit of the objects contemplated 
by the Society, or who may render any services to the Society, may be 
elected an Honorary Member, in the same form as an Ordinary Member. 
8. The Annual Subscription shall be Half-a-guinea, and 2s. 6d. 
for the Reports, which shall be payable in advance on the 1st January 
in each year. Note. — ^'[embers who are elected at the December 
meetings shall not be liable to subscriptions until the 1st January 
following. 
9. If any member allow his subscription to be in arrear for 
more than one year, and, after receiving notice from the Secretary, 
do not pay it within one month, the Council may erase his name 
from the List of Subscribers. 
