Aitken, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society First use of certificate with new instructions clauses: [pointing finger] After the Annual Election the Candidature ceases and the Certificate is taken down. The Certificate may, however, be resuspended, and the Candidature renewed, on the written request of one of the signers. [Pointing finger] Attention is especially directed to the regulation that the request to re-suspend a Certificate must be received before the meeting held on the first Thursday in March, otherwise it will not be valid for the ensuing election. Also on front of certificate: [pointing finger] Attention is especially called to the directions given on the other side