1803.] 
In the late war almoft every inhabitant 
of Macdoff, from,the age of fixteen to 
fixty, voluntarily enrolled themfelves for 
the defence of the country ; and fixty of 
the-number were formed into a volunteer 
company, regularly trained to the ufe of 
{mall-arms, and in cafe of invafion offer- 
ed to march to any part of the ifland, 
Within a mile of the town there isa 
celebrated mineral (pring called The Well 
of Farlair, to which about one hundred 
people annually refort, and from the ufe 
of the water and fea-bathing find great 
relief in many complaints. 
For the Monthly Magazine. : 
PLAN ADOPTED for THE ESTABLISH- 
MENT of @ LIBRARY and COLLEC- 
TION of BOOKS of REFERENCE at the 
HOUSE of the ROYAL INSTITUTION 
of GREAT BRITAIN, 
Bye-Laws, made 2d May, 1803. 
I. gos Library, and Colle&tion of 
Books of Reference, fhal! be vefted 
in the corporation; and be and remain | 
under the fame dire&tion and government 
as the other parts of the Inftitution; fub- 
ject only to fuch privileges (to be enjoyed 
by thofe proprietors who fhall think ft to 
_qualify themfelves as patrons of the Li- 
brary and Colleétion) as are hereinafter 
mentioned, or may be hereafter conceded 
by the bye laws of the Infitution, 
2. Proprietors fub{cribing: to the Li- 
brary and Collection rool. or upwards, 
fhall be hereditary patrons of the library 
and colleétion. 
3. Proprietors fubferibing sol. or up- 
wards, not amounting to rool, fhall be 
patrons for life. 
¢- Subfcribers of lefler fums (when 
their united fub{criptions amount to 60 
guineas or upwards) may by writing ap- 
point, of their own number, any one, 
being a proprietor, a patron for life, 
5-/The application of the fub{criptions, 
in providing and fitting up the library and 
collection, fhall be under the direction of 
' the patrons. 
6. The fubfcription, 
tors who fhall think fit to qualify them- 
felves as patrons, fhall be open to all the 
proprietors until the 4th of June, 1803; 
and on Monday, the 6th of June, 1803, 
@ meeting of the fubicribers to the Library 
and Colleétion fhall be held at the houfe of 
the Inftitution, at one o’clock precilely, 
in order to confider of the future limita- 
tion of the number of patrons. 
7+ The Library, in the reading-room of 
the Inftitution, fhall. be immediately fur- 
MonrTuLy Mac. No, 102. 
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for the proprie- 
. Library at the Royal Inftitution. 
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nifhed with books, for the general ufe of 
the proprietors and fubf{cribers. 
8. The Collection of Books of Reference 
fhall be open four days in the week, from 
twelve to four o’clock, for the proprietors 
and fubfcribers ; and alfo for fcientific or 
literary perfons of this or any other coun- 
try, introduced or ‘recommended by the 
patrons ; each patron having a power to 
introduce or recommend one fuch perfon 
each day. 
9-In cafe it fhall be found inconve- 
nient that the perfons introduced, or re- 
commended, by the patrons, fhould at- 
tend on the fame days as the proprietors 
and fubfcribers, a divifion of days thall be 
made, fo that ‘the proprietors and fube 
{cribers may have the power of referring 
to the Collection two or three days in a 
week ; and the patrons, and the perfons 
Introduced or recommended by them, an 
equal number of days each week ; but the 
library fhall, at all times, continue open 
for the proprietors and fubfcribers of the 
Inititution. | 
10. No perfon fhall take down any of 
the books of the ColleGtion; but a note or 
card thereof muft be given, with his name, 
to the librarian, or one of the attendants, 
who fhall immediately fepply him with 
the book required, 
11. No perjon fhall be capable of ex- 
erciiing his right as a patron, except 
during {uch time as he fhall continue and 
be in exercife of his rights asa proprietor, 
12. The patrons fhall make rules for 
the direction of their mode of proceeding ; 
and in cafe of the death of any of the pa- 
trons’ for life, the furviving patrons may 
elect from among the proprietors, in his 
room, a life patron who fhail have pre- 
vioufly paid, or fecured to be paid, the 
‘fum of sol, or upwards to the funds for 
the fupport and increafe of the colleétion ; 
which money fhall be forthwith applied 
accordingly, under the direétion of the 
patrons. ng: 
13. As foon as the library and collec- 
tion are completed and arranged, a cata- 
logue thereof fhall be printed and pub- 
lithed for the ufe of the roprietors, fub. 
{cribers, and others ; ane a copy fent te 
each of the proprietors. 
RESOLUTIONS, 
Adopted 14th and 20th April, 1803. 
I. That itis thedefire of the fub{cribersy 
that the foundation of the provofed new 
collection may be laid on as broad a basis 
_ as poflible ; and that the plan may be fo 
arranged as to bromote the permanent in= 
terelft of the Inftitution, and the public 
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