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are engaged in the business of the meeting, but to the Preses.Neither shall more than one person speak at one time, so thatone may not interrupt tire other, or occasion confusion : such of-fence to be determined by the meeting, and the offenders liableto what penalty they may inflict.
8. That any member may deliver his opinion respecting thebusiness of the meeting at the time under consideration, and thatwith freedom and impartiality, and speak or be silent as the Pre-ses shall direct.
9. That if any member be found a backbiter, talebearer, orbusy body, and shall privately inform against any of his brethrenof the Society, concerning any matter that shall happen-in ameeting, which shall be prejudicial to them, or any individualamong them, or which might occasion any quarrel; and, in par-ticular, any member who shall inform against another voting inopposition to a member who is absent, such informer or infor-mers shall forfeit a penalty of 2s. 6d. for the first offence, 3s,for the second, and, if he continue such practices, shall be ex-pelled the Society.
10. That if any member refusing to pay a fine, on conviction,his money shall not be received, nor he any longer accounted amember, unless a majority of the Society declare in his favour.
X. Of the Society in general.
1. The Society being composed of members of two professions,viz. Farmers and Craftsmen ; therefore, to prevent all disputesor grumbling that might hereafter arise, in disposing of the mo-ney of this Society to members, it is hereby resolved upon, thatit shall be proportioned between the two professions, and laidout accordingly, if required; and, if not required, that it shallbe laid out as formerly specified.
2. That it shall be in the power of the Sociei to make or addnew articles, and alter or amend those already made, as theymay see necessary ; but such new articles or amendments shallnot be in force, until passed into a law, in a yearly full meetingof the Society.
3. That no less than two thirds of this Society can be a majo-rity, sufficient either to make, alter, or amend any of the arti-cles already made, or to dispose of any of the funds of the So-ciety : but in choosing office hearers, or any small matter, a ma-jority of one shall be sufficient.
4. It is hereby expressly declared and agreed upon, that thesaid fund shall always remain at Castletown, and that at leastfour members, managers of the fund, reside in, or within onemile of, the village. That the box shall not be broken up, northe money shared or divided, so long as five members shall re-main, and hold it a Society. If any member in or out of the