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832 LEAVES FROM MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
2d November 1868, when the club was established
under the presidentship of the Duke of Ai'gyll, the
following laws being adopted as a constitution :
" I. The Society shall be designated The Grampian Club.
" IT. The objects of the Club shall be the editing and printing
of works illustrative of Scottish literature, history, and antiquities.
" III. The Club shall consist of Members who shall subscribe
One Guinea annually to the funds, payable m advance, with an
entrance fee of Half-a-Guinea.
" IV. The affairs of the Club shall be conducted by a Council
consisting of a President, eight Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, and
a Treasurer, with a Council of fourteen other Members, to be
chosen annually at the General Meeting.
" V. The Council shall determine the works to be edited and
printed, together with the remuneration to be paid to persons
employed in editing MSS., and otherwise shall arrange the busi-
ness of the Club.
" VI. The Council shall not incur any obligations beyond the
annual income of the Club; and no Member of the Club or
Council shall be responsible for any expenditure beyond the
amount of his annual subscription.
" VII. The accounts of the receipts and disbursements of the
Club shall be audited annually by two Auditors, to be elected
at the General Meeting from among the Members; and the
Eeport of the Auditors shall be printed and circulated.
" VI 11. Every Member not in arrear of his subscriptions shall
receive one copy of eacli work printed by the Club.
" IX. Members who are disposed to contribute works at their
own expense, shall be invited to do so, such works having been
submitted to the Council, and approved of by them before being
sent to press.
" X. The annual subscription shall be paid to the Treasurer
on the first day of January of each year.
" XI. Members of the Club may at any time compound for their
future annual subscriptions by the payment of Ten Guineas
over and above their subscriptions for the current year ; and any
2d November 1868, when the club was established
under the presidentship of the Duke of Ai'gyll, the
following laws being adopted as a constitution :
" I. The Society shall be designated The Grampian Club.
" IT. The objects of the Club shall be the editing and printing
of works illustrative of Scottish literature, history, and antiquities.
" III. The Club shall consist of Members who shall subscribe
One Guinea annually to the funds, payable m advance, with an
entrance fee of Half-a-Guinea.
" IV. The affairs of the Club shall be conducted by a Council
consisting of a President, eight Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, and
a Treasurer, with a Council of fourteen other Members, to be
chosen annually at the General Meeting.
" V. The Council shall determine the works to be edited and
printed, together with the remuneration to be paid to persons
employed in editing MSS., and otherwise shall arrange the busi-
ness of the Club.
" VI. The Council shall not incur any obligations beyond the
annual income of the Club; and no Member of the Club or
Council shall be responsible for any expenditure beyond the
amount of his annual subscription.
" VII. The accounts of the receipts and disbursements of the
Club shall be audited annually by two Auditors, to be elected
at the General Meeting from among the Members; and the
Eeport of the Auditors shall be printed and circulated.
" VI 11. Every Member not in arrear of his subscriptions shall
receive one copy of eacli work printed by the Club.
" IX. Members who are disposed to contribute works at their
own expense, shall be invited to do so, such works having been
submitted to the Council, and approved of by them before being
sent to press.
" X. The annual subscription shall be paid to the Treasurer
on the first day of January of each year.
" XI. Members of the Club may at any time compound for their
future annual subscriptions by the payment of Ten Guineas
over and above their subscriptions for the current year ; and any
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