That every Member shall have Abstracts sent him Quarterly, of
every Thing valuable communicated to the Society's Secretary at
_Philadelphia_; free of all Charge except the Yearly Payment
hereafter mentioned.
That by Permission of the Postmaster-General, such
Communications pass between the Secretary of the Society and the
Members, Postage-free.
That for defraying the Expence of such Experiments as the
Society shall judge proper to cause to be made, and other contingent
Charges for the common Good, every Member send a Piece of Eight _per
Annum_ to the Treasurer, at _Philadelphia_, to form a Common Stock,
to be disburs'd by Order of the President with the Consent of the
Majority of the Members that can conveniently be consulted thereupon,
to such Persons and Places where and by whom the Experiments are to
be made, and otherwise as there shall be Occasion; of which
Disbursements an exact Account shall be kept, and communicated yearly
to every Member.
That at the first Meetings of the Members at _Philadelphia_,
such Rules be formed for Regulating their Meetings and Transactions
for the General Benefit, as shall be convenient and necessary; to be
afterwards changed and improv'd as there shall be Occasion, wherein
due Regard is to be had to the Advice of distant Members.
That at the End of every Year, Collections be made and printed,
of such Experiments, Discoveries, Improvements, _&c_.
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