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provement, from any other Society, or from this more than once in ſeven Years.

IV. That as the principal deſign of this inſtitution, is by exciting a ſpirit ef indnltry and ingenuity, to prumote the public good, the premiums anually offered, Mall be more immediately for3the encouragement of induſtry and good behaviour among ſervants and labourers in huſbandry, and for all im= provements in agriculture and planting, as well as the breeding and manage ment ot ſtock and the cure of their diſeaſes.

V. That in order to excite emulation, and increaſe the number of compe- titors among ploughmen, no plodghman, who has gained the firſt premium, Mall be ever again admitted as a candidate, but may be admitted as an um- pire, the next year.

VI. That when any propoſal is made for premium or reward, and the mo- tion made and ſeconded, it Mall be delivered to the chair in writing, and the fame ſmall be read twice,

VII. No member of the Society, who is a candidate for any premium or bounty, ſhall fit in any meeting of the ſociety or in any committee, to which fuch matter ſhall be referred, during the time the matter is before them, whe- ther in debate or determination, unleſs when called in to anſwer ſuch queſti- Ons as may be put to him.

VIIL. In order that all rewards may be diſtributed with the utmoſt im- Partiality and juſtice, the locicty Mall, when they think it neceſſary, deſire the aſliltance of ſuch perſons(though not members), as ſhall be deemed beſt able to judge and diſcover the merit ot any invention or improvement, for which a premium is claimed.

IX. That in order to encourage the ſtudy as well as the pra&tice of agri- culture, honorary premiums ſhall be offered. for tbe- beſt written and molt vieful original effay on any of the ſübjets, to which the views of this ſociety 10ay be extended; the lociety to give out the ſubje&s in their annual lits of premiums, and that ſuch eſſays as ſhall'be approved of at the annual meet= 309g, be printed and publiſhed at the expence of the ſociety; every member to have one copy, the reſt of the impreſſion to be ſold, and the profits applied to Ihe ſociety*s uſe, unleſs the author Mall think proper to print the ſame at Dis own expence, or as the annual meeting ſhall otherwiſe dire&.

X. That the authors of ſuch eſlay's hall ſend them, ſealed, to the ſecre= tary without a name, but with ſome mark correſponding with another mark, on the outſide of an encloſed ſealed up paper, in which their names are writ- ten, that[uch eſſays as are rejetted, ſhall be left in the ſecrctary"s hands, and If they are nat called for, Mall, with ſuch encloſed, ſealed up paper, be deſtroyed at the ſucceeding annual meeting.

X1. A candidate for a premium, being deteted in any attempt to impoſe on the ſociety, Mall not only ſorieit ſuch premium, but be declared intapable of obtaining any for the futurc.

XII. That no premium ſall be propoſed after the meeting neareſt the 5th of Janvary,|| nor any report from the committee for continuing an old ör eltabliſiing a new premium be read in the ſociety after the ſaid meeting.

XI11. That no condition on which a premium is offered in an advertiſe ment, ſhall be diſpenſzd with, on any pretence whatever.

XIV. That the ſociety may reſerve to themſelves in all caſes where a pre mium may be adjudged to a labourer, widow, or children, the power ofal= tering the quality of the prize, and determine whether the ſame Mall be given an money or cloaths, notwithſtanding any particular Kipulation in the liſt of premiums, to the Contrary«,

XV. That if ä' claim for a premium be reje&ed by the ſociety; no motion

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