zv STATUTES OF THE 
received ; and at each meeting he shall present the letters which have been addressed to the 
Academy since’ the last meeting. With the advice and consent of the President, he may effect 
exchanges with other scientific associations, and also distribute copies of the publications of the 
Academy among the Associate Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members, as shall be deemed 
expedient ; making a report of his proceedings at the Annual Meeting. Under the direction of 
the Council for Nomination, he shall keep a list of the Fellows, Associate Fellows, and Foreign 
Honorary Members, arranged in their Classes and in Sections in respect to the special sciences 
in which they are severally proficient; and he shall act as secretary to the Council. 
2. The Recording Secretary shall have charge of the Charter and statute-book, journals, and 
allliterary papers belonging to the Academy. He shall record the proceedings of the Academy 
atits meetings ; and after each meeting is duly opened, he shall read the record of the preceding 
meeting. He shall notify the meetings of the Academy, and apprise committees of their appoint- 
ment. He shall post up in the Hall a list of the persons nominated for election into the Academy ; 
and when any individual is chosen, he shall insert in the record the names of the Fellows by 
whom he was nominated. 
9. The two Secretaries, with the Chairman of the Committee of Publication, shall have 
authority to publish such of the proceedings of the Academy as may seem to them calculated 
to promote the interests of science. 
CHAPTER VI. 
OF THE TREASURER. 
1. The Treasurer shall give such security for the trust reposed in him as the Academy 
shall require. 
2. He shall receive officially all moneys due or payable, and all bequests or donations made 
to the Academy, and by order of the President or presiding officer shall pay such sums as the 
Academy may direct. He shall keep an account of all receipts and expenditures; shall submit 
his accounts to the Auditing Committee; and shall report the same at the expiration of his 
term of office. 
3. The Treasurer shall keep a separate account of the income and a of the Rum- 
ford Fund, and report the same annually. 
4. All moneys which there shall not be present occasion to expend shall be invested by the 
Treasurer, under the direction of the Finance Committee, on such securities as the Academy 
shall direct. 
