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PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 
MEETING 
Held on the 21st of April, 1897, at 20 Hanover Square, W., 
The President (E. M. Nelson, Esq.) in the Chair. 
The President having, in ' pursuance of notice given at the last 
meeting of the Society, declared the present meeting to be special for 
the purpose of making alterations in two of the Society’s rules, called 
upon Mr. J. J. Yezey — in the absence of Prof. Bell — to read the notice 
and the proposed alterations. 
Mr. Yezey then read the notice by virtue of which the special meet- 
ing was constituted, and also read Buies 10 and 20 in their altered form 
as follows : — 
“ Buie 10. Every person elected an Ordinary Fellow shall sign the 
following form of declaration, and shall pay the admission fee, or the 
first instalment thereof, as provided by Rule 20, and first annual sub- 
scription or composition, within two months from the date of election, or 
within such further time as the Council may allow. In default of such 
signature and payment the election of such Fellow shall be void. 
I, the undersigned , having been elected a Fellow of the Royal Micro- 
scopical Society, hereby agree that I ivill be governed by the Charter 
and Bye-laws of the Society for the time being ; and that I will advance 
the objects of the Society as far as shall be in my power. Provided that 
when I shall signify in writing to one of the Secretaries that I am desirous 
<f ceasing to be a Fellow thereof \ I shall ( after payment of all annual 
subscriptions and any balance of admission fee that may be due from me , 
and returning any boohs, or other property belonging to the Society in my 
possession ) be free from this obligation. 
Witness my hand this day of 18 
Bide 20. Every Ordinary Fellow shall pay an admission fee of two 
guineas, or at his option the sum of two pounds ten shillings, payable in 
five consecutive annual instalments, and a further sum of two guineas as 
an annual subscription.” 
The object of the alterations was obviously to enable such Fellows 
as might desire it to pay their admission fees by instalments instead of 
in one payment as heretofore. 
The President then formally moved that these alterations in Rules 10 
and 20 be adopted. 
Dr. Dallinger having seconded the proposal, it was put to the meeting 
by the President, and declared by him to be carried unanimously. 
The special meeting was then declared to be at an end, and the 
minutes of the meeting of 17th March last were read and confirmed, and 
were signed by the President. 
