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disburse all Sums of Money which may be due from or payable 
by the Society ; and shall keep particular Accounts of all such 
Receipts and Payments. 
II. Every Sum of Money payable on account of the Society, 
amounting to Five Pounds or upwards, shall be paid by Order of 
the Council, signed by the President, and registered by the 
Secretary. ^rr^ 
III. All Sums of Money in the Hands of the Treasurer, which 
there shall not be present Occasion for expending or otherwise 
disposing of for the Use of the Society, shall be laid out in such 
Government or other Securities as shall be approved of and 
directed by the Council. 
IV. One Guinea of the Sum to be paid by each Fellow for his 
Admission-Fee being for the Support of a Fund specially intended 
for the Increase of the Society's Library, the Treasurer shall keep a 
separate Account of the Fund so supported, and shall,. from Time 
to Time, report the Amount thereof in his Hands to the Council, 
who are to give such Directions as they may judge proper relative 
to the Purchase of Books. 
V. The Treasurer shall have and keep a Yearly List of all such 
Fellows of the Society as shall have paid the Sum appointed in 
lieu of Annual Contributions; and also of those who pay the 
Annual Contributions whether of One or Two Guineas ; and in 
this List shall be noted the Times up to which the Annual Con- 
tributions shall have been paid, and the Arrears due from each 
Fellow respectively. 
VI. The Treasurer shall also have and keep a Book of printed 
Check-Receipts for Annual Contributions ; each Receipt to be 
signed by himself, and to be filled up with the Name of the 
Fellow paying, the Sum paid, and the Time paid to : these 
Receipts to be undersigned by the Person who shall receive the 
Money 
