454 LAWS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETV 



XXII. 



A 



The General Secretary shall take down minutes of the proceedings of 

 the General Meetings of the Society and of the Council, and shall enter 

 them in two separate books. He shall keep a list of the Donations made 

 to the Society, and take care that an account of such Donations be pub- 

 lished in the Transactions of the Society. He shall, as directed by the 

 Council, and with the assistance of the other Secretaries, superintend the 

 publications of the Society. 



XXIII. 



A Register shall be kept by the Secretary, in which copies shall be in- 

 serted of all the Papers read in the Society, or abstracts of those Papers, as 

 the Authors shall prefer ; no abstract or paper, however, to be published 

 without the consent of the Author. It shall be understood, nevertheless, 

 that a person choosing to read a paper, but not wishing to put it into the 

 hands of the Secretary, shall be at liberty to withdraw it, if he has before- 

 hand signified his intention of doing so. 



For the above purpose, the Secretary shall be empowered to employ a 

 Clerk, to be paid by the Society. 



XXIV. 



Another register shall be kept, in which the names of the Members 

 shall be enrolled at their admission, with the date. 



XXV. 



A Seal shall be prepared and used, as the Seal of the Society. 



XXVI. 



The Curator of the Museum and Library shall have the custody and 

 charge of all the Books, Manuscripts, objects of Natural History, Scientific 



