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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 expendi- 

 tures; 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 appropriation of the Rumford Fund, and report the same 

 an n nail y. 



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. 



CHAPTER VII. 

 Of the Librarian and Library. 



1. It shall be the duty of the Librarian to take charge of the 

 books, to keep a correct catalogue of the same, and to provide for 

 the delivery of books from the Library. He shall also have the 

 custody of the publications of the Academy. 



2. The Librarian, in conjunction with the Committee on the 

 Library, shall have authority to expend, as they may deem ex- 

 pedient, such sums as may be appropriated, either from the Rum- 

 ford or the General Fund of the Academy, for the purchase of 

 books, and for defraying other necessary expenses connected with 

 the Library. The}* shall have authority to propose rules and regu- 

 lations concerning the circulation, return, and safe-keeping of 

 books ; and to appoint such agents for these purposes as they may 

 tli ink necessary. 



3. To all books in the Libraiy procured from the income of the 

 Rumford Fund, the Librarian shall cause a stamp or label to be 

 affixed, expressing the fact that they were so procured. 



