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other sources during the ensuing financial year. He shall also report 

 the names of all Fellows who may be then delinquent in the payment 

 of their Annual Dues. 



Article 3. He shall give such security for the trust reposed in him 

 as the Academy may require. 



Article 4. With the approval of a majority of the Committee on 

 Finance, he may appoint an Assistant Treasurer to perform his du- 

 ties, for whose acts, as such assistant, he shall be responsible; or, with 

 like approval and responsibility, he may employ any Trust Company 

 doing business in Boston as his agent for the same purpose, the com- 

 pensation of such Assistant Treasurer or agent to be fixed by the 

 Committee on Finance and paid from the funds of the Academy. 



Article 5. At the Annual Meeting he shall report in print all his 

 official doings for the preceding year, stating the amount and condition 

 of all the property of the Academy entrusted to him, and the character 

 of the investments. 



Article 6. The Financial Year of the Academy shall begin with 

 the first day of April. 



Article 7. No person or committee shall incur any debt or 

 liability in the name of the Academy, unless in accordance with a 

 previous vote and appropriation therefor by the Academy or the 

 Council, or sell or otherwise dispose of any property of the Academy, 

 except cash or invested funds, without the previous consent and ap- 

 proval of the Council. 



See Chap. ii. art. 4, 5; chap. vi. art. 2; chap. ix. art. 6; chap. x. art. 

 1, 2, 3; chap. xi. art. 1. 



CHAPTER VIII 



The Librarian and the Library 



Article 1. The Librarian shall have charge of the printed books, 

 keep a correct catalogue thereof, and provide for their delivery from 

 the Library. 



At the Annual Meeting, as Chairman of the Committee on the Li- 

 brary, he shall make a Report on its condition. 



