Candidates for admission were proposed by ten members and afterwards voted on by ballot.

To be present at one of its meetings required a card of admission.

On one occasion, a member of the committee of two, appointed to verify these cards, happens to be the young Duke of Chartres.

There is a committee on administration and a president.
Discussions took place with parliamentary formalities, and, according to its status, the questions considered there were those under debate in the National Assembly.[1231] In the lower hall, at certain hours, workmen received instruction and the constitution was explained to them.
Seen from afar, no society seems worthier of directing public opinion; near by, the case is different.

In the departments, however, where distance lends enchantment, and where old customs prevail implanted by centralization, it is accepted as a guide because its seat is at the capital.