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VIII. 
That no premium ftiall be offered to the pub- 
lic, until it has been firft propofed to and approved 
by a Committee, and agreed to by the Annual 
Meeting. And no premium or bounty lhall be 
given to any candidate, unlefs the Society, at the 
Annual Meeting, fliall be fatisfied that fuch can- 
didate cleferves it. 
IX. 
That in order to excite emulation, and increafe 
the number of competitors, no perfon jfhall receive 
a premium for a fimilar crop, experiment, or im- 
provement, more than once in feven years, or more 
than one premium in the fame clafs in any one year, 
X. 
No member of the Society, who is a candidate 
for any premium or bounty, (hall fit in any Com- 
mittee to which fuch matters may be referred, or 
be prefent while the fubjefl; is under confideration ; 
nor fhall fuch candidate be prefent in the meetings 
of the Society, during the time the matter is before 
them, whether in debate, or for determination, 
unlefs when called in to anfwer fuch queftions as 
may be put to him. 
' XI. 
That all claims for premiums or bounties fliall 
be made at leaft two months before the annual 
meeting in December, except fuch as are other- 
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