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2. A Patron shall, during his life, be entitled for himself and 

 his immediate family, to the same privileges as an original sub- 

 scriber. 



Chapter IV. — 0/ Officers. 



1. The President, or, in his absence, one of the Vice-Presidents, 

 or, in their absence, a Chairman pro tempore, shall preside at all 

 meetings of the Academy, and shall have a casting vote. He shall 

 preserve order, and shall decide all parliamentary questions, subject 

 to an appeal to the Society. He shall appoint all committees 

 authorized by the Academy, unless otherwise specially ordered. 



2. The Corresponding Secretary shall be charged with the cor- 

 respondence of the Academy. It shall be his duty to be present 

 at all its meetings, to read all communications made to him in his 

 official capacity ; to keep a book in which shall be recorded the 

 correspondence of the Academy, and the names of all correspond- 

 ing members ; to lay the same on the table at all regular meetings 

 thereof; to notify corresponding and honorary members of their 

 election ; and to report to the Academy on the fourth Monday of 

 February, annually, the state of its correspondence. 



3. The Recording Secretary shall be present at all meetings of 

 the Academy, and keep a record of the proceedings thereof. He 

 shall take charge of all papers and documents belonging to the 

 Society ; shall keep a corrected list of members and fellows ; shall 

 notify all resident members and fellows of their election, and com- 

 mittees of their appointment ; and shall give notice to the Treas- 

 urer and to the Council of all matters requiring their action. 



4. The Treasurer shall have charge of all moneys belonging to 

 the Academy, and, under its orders, of their investment, and shall 

 give good and satisfactory security to the Society for the faithful 

 discharge of the trust, in a sum not less than five thousand dollars. 

 He shall collect initiation fees and annual dues from all members 

 and fellows, all subscriptions made in behalf of the Academy, and 

 any incomes that may accrue from property belonging to the insti- 

 tution ; shall report at the business meeting in January the names 

 of members in arrears ; shall give due notice to the Society of the 

 expiration of all policies of insurance that may be effected on its 

 property ; and pay all debts against the Society which shall have 

 been audited by the Committee of Finance, or the discharge of 

 which shall have been ordered by the Academy at a regular busi- 

 ness meeting. He shall furnish the Committee of Finance, on 

 due application, with such information of the state of the funds as 

 they may require ; and shall report to the Academy, at each busi- 

 ness meeting, the condition of its finances, and on the fourth Mon- 

 day of February, the receipts and expenditures of the entire year. 



5. The Curators shall be separately charged with the safe-keep- 

 ing and arrangement of the several collections, and with the keys 



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