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all letters written in its name, and preserving on file all let- 

 ters which are received ; and at each meeting he shall present 

 the letters which have been addressed to the Academy since 

 the last meeting. With the advice and consent of the Presi- 

 dent, he may effect exchanges with other scientific associa- 

 tions, and also distribute copies of the publications of the 

 Academy among the Associate Fellows and Foreign Honorary 

 Members, as shall be deemed expedient ; making a report of 

 his proceedings at the Annual Meeting. Under the direction 

 of the Council for Nomination, he shall keep a list of the 

 Fellows, Associate Fellows, and Foreign Honorary Members, 

 arranged in their Classes and in Sections in respect to the 

 special sciences in which they are severally proficient ; and 

 he shall act as secretary to the Council. 



2. The Recording Secretary shall have charge of the Char- 

 ter and Statute-book, journals, and all literary papers belong- 

 ing to the Academy. He shall record the proceedings of the 

 Academy at its meetings ; and, after each meeting is duly 

 opened, he shall read the record of the preceding meeting. 

 He shall notify the meetings of the Academy, and apprise 

 committees of their appointment. He shall post up in the 

 Hall a list of the persons nominated for election into the 

 Academ}^; and, when any individual is chosen, he shall in- 

 sert in the record the names of the Fellows by whom he was 

 nominated. 



3. The two Secretaries, with the Chairman of the Com- 

 mittee of Publication, shall have authority to publish such of 

 the proceedings of the Academy as may seem to them calcu- 

 lated to promote the interests of science. 



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, 



