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absence one of the Vice-Presidents shall take the Chair, and failing 

 them, any Member of Council who may be elected by the Meeting. 



2. It shall be the duty of the Chairman to conduct the Meetings 

 of the Society according to the Order of Business and the Laws of 

 the Society. 



X. 



Secretaries. 



The Secretaries shall act both for the Society and Council, and 

 shall give intimation of all Meetings of the Society and the Council, 

 record the proceedings in the Minute- Books, prepare abstracts 

 thereof for publication in the newspapers and in the Proceedings 

 of the Society, keep a register of the names and addresses of 

 Members and Associates, and conduct the general correspondence 

 of the Society. 



XI. 



Treasurer. 



1. The Treasurer shall collect all subscriptions and moneys due 

 to the Society, and make all payments. In no case shall an}^ 

 payment exceeding £2 be made by him without the approval of 

 the Council having been previously obtained. He shall keep an 

 account of his intromissions in the Cash-Book of the Society, and 

 shall strike a balance at the end of August in each year. 



2. He shall prepare annually, at the commencement of the 

 Winter Session, a certified statement of the receipts and expenditure 

 for the past year ; and the statement shall be duly audited, and 

 printed in the circular calling the General Meeting, at which it 

 shall be submitted. 



3. He shall open an account with one of the Glasgow Banks, 

 and shall pay into it all funds of the Society, whenever these ac- 

 cumulate in his hands to £2 or upwards. The Bank Account shall 

 be kept in name of the Society, and all drafts thereon shall 

 be signed by the Treasurer and one of the Secretaries. 



4. He shall also keep a register of the names and addresses of 

 Ordinary Members and Associates. 



XII. 



Librarian. 



1. The Librarian shall take charge of the Books belonging to 

 the Society, and shall keep a Catalogue of them in a book 

 provided for the purpose. 



2. He shall issue books to the Members, and register the names 

 of the borrowers. 



3. He shall take charge of the distribution of the Society's 

 publications, and shall account to the Treasurer for such sums of 

 money as may be received from their sale. 



