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CHAPTER XL 
Of the Secretary. 
Sect. I. The Secretary shall have Inspection over the Clerk ; 
and shall give the necessary Orders and Directions concerning the 
entering and writing of all Minutes or Matters in theMinute-Booka 
of the Society or Council, or any other Books of the Society ; 
also concerning any Orders or other Writings for the Use and Ser- 
vice of the Society. 
II. The Secretary shall attend at all Meetings of the Society, 
Council, and Committees ; where, when the President shall have 
taken the Chair, he shall read the Minutes, Orders, and Entries, of 
the preceding "Meeting ; and shall afterwards take Minutes of the 
Business and Orders of the present Meeting, to be entered by the 
Clerk in the respective Books to which they may reJate. Hcshall 
also read the Letters and Papers presented to the Society in. the 
Order of Time in which they shall have been received, if the Pre- 
sident should so direct. 
III. The Secretary shall draw up all Letters to be written to 
any Persons in the Name of the Society or Council (to be read 
and approved of in some Meeting of either respectively), except, 
for some particular Cause or Consideration, some other Person 
be appointed by the Society or Council to draw up any such 
Letter. He shall likewise have the Charge, under the Direction 
of the Council, of printing the Transactions of the Society, and 
of correcting the Press. 
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