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THE LAWS OF THE RAY SOCIETY. 
I. That this Society shall be called The Ray Society ; and that its object 
shall be the promotion of Natural History, by the printing of original works 
in Zoology and Botany j of new editions of works of established merit ; of 
rare Tracts and MSS. ; and of translations and reprints of foreign works which 
are generally inaccessible from the language in which they are written, or 
from (the manner in which they have been published. 
N.B. — It will be a direction to the Council that they shall not print any- 
thing that appears to them suitable to the Transactions of established 
Societies ; nor any work which a respectable publisher shall undertake 
to publish without charge to the author. 
II. Every subscriber of One Guinea annually to be considered a Member of 
the Society, and to be entitled to one copy of every book published by the 
Society during the year to which his subscription relates ; and no Member 
shall incur any liability beyond the annual subscription. 
III. That the annual subscriptions shall be paid in advance, and considered 
to be due on the 2d day of February in each year; and that such Members as 
do not signify their intention to withdraw from the Society before the 2d day 
of June, shall be considered to continue Members, and be liable for the year’s 
subscription. 
IV. The management of the Society shall be vested in a Council of 
Twenty-one Members, of whom one third shall have their stated residences 
in London, and all of whom shall be eligible for re-election at the annual 
meeting. 
V. That the Council hereafter shall be elected by the Members, at a meet- 
ing to be held at the time and place of the meeting of the British Association 
for the Advancement of Science, and that no Member whose subscription is 
in arrear be allowed to vote at any meetings. 
VI. That the Council shall elect two Secretaries (one of whom shall be 
resident in London) and a Treasurer, who shall ex officio be Members of the 
Council. 
VII. The annual subscription shall be deposited in a chartered bank, in the 
name of the Treasurer and two Members of the Council. 
VIII. The accounts of the receipt and expenditure of the Society shall be 
examined annually by two Auditors appointed by the Council ; the Auditors 
to be Members of the Society, who are not Members of Council, and their 
statement circulated among the Subscribers. 
IX. That the number of copies of the Society’s publications shall, unless 
otherwise directed by the Council, be limited to the number of actual Sub- 
scribers who shall have been enrolled, and paid their subscriptions, on or 
before the 2d day of June. 
X. That the Editors of Works published by the Society be entitled to a 
number of copies, not exceeding 20, as may be decided by the Council. 
