regulate tlie debates, to nominate the chairman of all committees, 

 other than those specially excepted ; and to call special meetings of 

 the Society at such times as he shall deem necessary, or at the request 

 of five members. 



Art. II. The duties of the vice-president shall be the same as 

 those of the president during his absence. 



Art. III. The recording secretary is to take and preserve correct 

 minutes of the proceedings of the Society, to notify all members of 

 their election, and all committees of their appointment, to keep a 

 correct list of the members of the Society, with the date of their 

 election, resignation, or death, to have charge of the common seal of 

 the Academy, and to lay before the Society, at the last stated meet- 

 ing in December, a written report of its transactions during the pre- 

 ceding year. 



Art. IV. The corresponding secretary is to maintain and conduct 

 the correspondence of the Academy, and to acknowledge all donations 

 made by those who are not members of the Society. He is to notify 

 all correspondents of their election, and to keep a correct list of all 

 such elections, as well as of any deaths, resignations, &c., that may 

 occur, noting the time ; he is also to keep correct copies of all letters 

 written on the business of the Academy, to have the care of the 

 certificates of membership, and to have them filled up, signed, sealed, 

 and forwarded to correspondents, or delivered to members, provided 

 they exhibit to him a receipt from the treasurer that they are not in 

 arrears to the Society, and shall read a minute of his transactions at 

 each meeting for business. 



Art. V. The duty of the treasurer is to take charge of the funds 

 of the Society, and to attend to the collection and payment of moneys ; 

 but no moneys are to be paid by him except on an order from the 

 auditors. He is to keep a clear and detailed statement of all receipts 

 and expenditures, which is to be laid before the Academy at the last 

 stated meeting in December. 



Art. VI. The duty of the librarian shall be to attend daily at the 

 Hall from 11 o'clock A. M. to 2i p. M., to take charge of all books 

 belonging to the Academy, under the rules prescribed in Chapter VII, 

 to keep a correct list of all donations or deposits of books, of those 

 missing or lent, and to report on the state of the library at the last 

 stated meeting in December. 



Art. VII. The curators shall have charge of the Hall of the 

 Academy, purchase all articles wanted, hire janitors, report on what 



