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should be chosen after that time. A
little before this the Society gave up the
management of their estate and revenues,
the payment of monies, and the publi-
cation of their papers and drawings,
(which before were in the body in general,
and thereby attended with many incon-
veniencies,) entirely to the care of their
Council, which are now a standing com-
mittee for that purpose; and thereby the
government of this Society is become
nearly the same as that of the Royal
Society, which was doubtless a proper
pattern to copy after.
On the 23d of April, being St.
George's day, the Society annually elect
their Council and officers, viz. a Presi-
dent, a Treasurer, two Secretaries, and a
Director, who has the care of all their
publications. Then the President ap-
points four of the Council to be his
Deputies or Vice-presidents: and after the
election is over, the Society dine together
at their own expence. Martin Folkes,
Esq; was annually elected President till
his death in 1754, since which time the
Rt. Hon. Lord Willoughby of Parham
has been every year chosen.
Every person desirous to be elected a
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Fellow of this Society, except Peers, Privy
Councellors, or Judges of Great Britain
or Ireland, must be recommended
by three or more of the members, in a
paper signed by themselves, specifying
the name, addition, profession, and chief
qualification of the candidate, and also the
place of his abode. When this has been
read at one of the Society's meetings, and
then hung up in their public room during
the time of four other meetings, the
election is determined by ballot. Peers,
Privy Councellors, and Judges of Great
Britain or Ireland, if proposed by any single
member, must be balloted for immediately.
Every new member must pay an admission
fee of five guineas, and sign the obliga-
tion, whereby he promises, that he will
to the utmost of his power promote
the honour and interest of the Society,
and observe the statutes and orders there-
of. Which being done he is led up to
the chair, when the President or Vice-
President rising, takes him by the hand
and says these words, viz. I do,
by the authority and in the name of the
Society of Antiquaries of London, ad-
mit you a Fellow thereof.
Every member must further pay one
guinea annually for the use of the So-
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