574 General Conditions. [June, 
All performances (to which premiums or bounties are adjudged) shall remain with the Society 
till after the public distribution of rewards in May, when they will be re-delivered, unless meus 
tioned in the Premiums to the contrary. 
No performance shall be admitted, that has obtained a premium, reward, or gratification, 
from any other society, academy, or school, or been offered for that purpose. 
__ All performances that obtain premiums in the Polite Arts must have been begun after the pub- 
lication of such premiums, except line engravings. 
_ To encourage real merit, and prevent attempts to impose on the Socicty, by producing draw- 
ings made or retouched by any other person than the candidate, the Society require a specimen 
of the abilities of each successful candidate, under te inspection ef the Committee of Polite 
Arts, in every instance where such proof may appear necessary. 
All candidates in the Polite Arts are required to signify, on their drawings, their age; and © 
whether the performances are originals or copies ; and if copies, whence they were taken. 
; Socrery’s OFFICE, ADELPHT, June ist, 1804. 
ORDERED, | 
That the several Candidates and Claimants, to whom the Society shall adjudge 
Premiums or Bounties, do attend at the Society’s Office in the Adelphi, on the last Tuesday in May, 
1805, at Twelve o’Clack at Noon precisely, to receive the same ; that day being appointed by the 
Society for the Distribution of their Rewards : And before that time no Premium or Bounty will be 
delivered, excepting to those who are about to lcave the Kingdom. ~ 
In Cases where the Society may think fit to admit excuses for not attending in Person, Deputies 
may be substituted to receive the Rewards, provided such Deputies are either Members of the Society, 
or the superior Officers thereof, 
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GENERAL CONDITIONS. 
As the great object of the Society in rewarding dividuals is to draw forth and give currency 
to those inventions and improvements, which are likely to benefit the public at large, candidates 
are requested to observe, that if the means, by which the respective objects are effected, do require 
an expense or trouble too great for gencral purposes, the Society will not consider itself as bound 
to give the offered reward ; but, though it thus reserves the power of giving in all eases such part 
only of any premium as the performance shall be adjudged to deserve, or of withholding the 
whole if there be no merit, yet the candidates may be assured the Society will always judge 
liberally of their several claims. 
It is required, that the matters for which premiums are offered, be delivered in without names, 
or any intimation to whom they beleng ; that each particular thing be marked in what manner 
each claimant thinks fit, such claimant sending with it a paper sealed up, haying on the outside 
@ cor-esponding mark, and on the iinside, the claimant’s name and address; and all candidates 
are to take notice, that noclaim for a premium will be attended to, unless the conditions of the 
the advertisement are fully complied with. 
No papers shall be opened, but such as shall gain premiums, unless where it appears to the 
Society absolutely necessary for the determination of the claim; all the rest shall be returned 
unopened with the matters to which they belong, if inquired after by the mark, within two years. 
_All models of machines, which obtain premiums or bounties, shall be the property of the So- 
ciety ; and, where a premium or bounty is given for any machine, a perfect model thereof shall 
éc given to the Society. 
Ail the premiums of this Society are designed for Great-Britain and Ireland, unless expressly 
mentioned to the contrary. ; 
The claims shall be determined as soon as possible after the delivery of the specimens. 
Jt is expected that all articles for claims or bounties be sent to the Society carriage paid. 
No person shall receive any premium, bounty, or encouragement, from the Society, for any 
matter for which he has obtained, or purposes to obtain, a patent. 
A eandidate for a premium, or a person applying for a bounty, being detected in any disinge- 
nuous method to impose on the Society, shail forfeit such bounty, and be deemed incapable of 
obtaiming any for the future. 
No member of this Society shall be a candidate for, or entitled to receive, any premium, 
bounty, -or reward, whatsoever, except the honorary medal of the Society. The candidates are, 
in all cases, expected to furnish a particular account of the subject of their claims ; and where 
certificates are required to be produced in claim of premiums, they should be expressed, as 
Réarly as possible, in the words of the respective advertisements, and be signed by persons who 
ta e.facts stated. : 
gp tes are obtained in consequence of specimens produced, the Society 
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