ABSTRACT OF THE LAWS 
OF THE SOCIETY, 
RELATING TO THE PRIVILEGES, ELECTION, AND PAYMENTS OF 
The Property of the Society is vested in the Subscribing 
Members collectively.—’Every Subscribing Member has a right to 
attend and vote at the General Meetings of the Society, and 
is eligible to all its offices. He has access to the Museum and 
Gardens, with the power of introducing Visitors, and of giving 
written orders of admission to strangers, which must be signed with 
his name, and bear the name of the person to be admitted. He 
has the use of the Library, with the privilege of taking out Books. 
The adult members of his family, residing under his roof, are 
entitled to personal admission to the Museum and Gardens. 
A new Member may be ballotted for at any one of the General 
Meetings of the Society, which are held on the first Tuesdays of 
January, February, March, April, July, October, November, and 
December. His recommendation, signed by three Subscribing 
Members, must be put up in the Library, a week previous to the 
ballot. 
Each Member, on his admission, pays to the Treasurer Five 
Pounds ; and on every first day of January following, an Annual 
Subscription of Two Pounds, if resident within the County ; or 
if permanently residing out of the County, an Annual Subscription 
of One Pound. A member may compound at any time for his 
Annual Subscriptions, by a payment of Twenty Pounds. 
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