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VIII. 



The Funds. 



The Funds shall be employed, under direction of the 

 Council, to defray the necessary charges of the Society; to 

 purchase books, models, and instruments; to print the 

 Society's Transactions; or for any other purpose that the 

 Council may judge to be conducive to the advancement, 

 convenience, and prosperity of the Society. 



IX. 



Sections. 

 The Society shall be divided into the following Sections: — 



Section A. — Agriculture, Statistics, and Domestic Economy. 



— B. — Chemistry, Mineralogy, and Geology. 



— C. — Physics, including Mechanics and Engineering. 



— D. — Physiology and Natural History. 



— E. — Botany. 



Each Section may meet separately, and read and discuss 

 papers, its Secretary furnishing an abstract of the pro- 

 ceedings to the next Ordinary Meeting of the Society. 

 The Members of the Society may attach themselves to one 

 or more of these Sections, according to the direction of 

 their pursuits. Every Member shall communicate his 

 intentions in this respect to the Secretaries of the Sections 

 that he wishes to attend. The Members of each Section 

 shall be convened by its Secretary, at least four days 

 before the last Ordinary Meeting of each Session, for the 



