Laws of the Society. 
323 
XL 
The Election of Ordinary Eellows shall take place at the first Ordinary Meeting Election of 
of the Society in March of each Session, and only those candidates approved by the Fellows. 
Council shall be eligible. 
The Election shall be by Ballot, and shall be determined by a ma.]ority of two- 
thirds of those who are present and vote. 
XII. 
Honorary Fellows shall not be subject to any contribution. This class shall Honorary 
consist of persons eminently distinguished for science or literature. Its number and Foreign, 
shall not exceed Eifty-six, of whom Twenty may be .British subjects, and Thirty-six 
may be subjects of foreign states. 
XIII. 
Personages of Royal Blood may be elected Honorary Fellows, without regard to Royal 
the limitation of numbers specified in Law XII. 
Personages. 
XIV. 
Honorary Fellows may be proposed by the Council, or by a recommendation (in Recommenda- 
the form given below*) subscribed by, three Ordinary Fellows; and in case the Fellows. 
Council shall decline to bring this recommendation before the Society, it shall be 
competent for the proposers to bring the same before a General Meeting, The 
election shall be by Ballot, after the proposal has been communicated viva voce from Mode of 
the Chair at one Meeting, and printed in the circulars for Two Ordinary Meetings 
of the Society, previous to the day of election. 
XV. 
The Ordinary Meetings shall be held on the first and third Mondays of each Ordinary 
month from Xovember to March, and from May to July, inclusive ; with the 
exception that when there are five Mondays in January, the Meetings for that 
month shall be held on its second and fourth Mondays. Regular Minutes shall be 
kept of the proceedings, and the Secretaries shall do the duty alternately, or accord- 
ing to such agreement as they may find it convenient to make. 
* We hereby recommend ^ 
for the distinction of beinp; made an Honorary Fellow of this Society, declaring that each of us 
from our own knowledge of his services to {Literature or Science, as the case may he) believe him 
to be worthy of that honour. 
(To be signed by three Ordinary Fellows.) 
To the President and Council of the Royal Society 
of Edinburgh. 
