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III. — THE SECRETARY. 



1st. The secretary shall be the recording, corresponding, and accounting officer 

 of the society, and he shall also be, jointly with the business committee, its financial 

 and auditing officer. 



2d. He shall incur no expenditure of a large or doubtful character except with 

 the sanction of the executive board or of the business committee. 



3d. He shall submit all bills or claims against the society to the business com- 

 mittee for approval, and indorsement to that effect, before drawing his order upon 

 the treasurer for the payment of the same. 



4th. He shall attend all meetings of the society, and of the executive board, and 

 shall keep a faithful record of their proceedings. 



5th. He shall sign all certificates of membership, and all diplomas and certifi- 

 cates of merit awarded by the society. 



6th. He shall have charge of the society's books and papers, excepting only such 

 as, by the advice or direction of the executive board, shall be placed in charge of 

 the librarian, and he shall be responsible to the board for the safe keeping of the 

 property placed in his charge. 



7th. He shall be the custodian of the seal of the society, and shall have authority 

 to affix the same to documents when needful. 



8th. He shall seek by all suitable means to secure the fullest announcement of 

 the meetings of the society in this state, as well as in adjacent states, when such 

 shall be found desirable. 



9th. He shall, so far as pr/icticable, cause the transactions of the society, together 

 Avith such valuable or interesting papers as shall be read at its sessions, to be 

 properly published, and thus placed within reach of the state. 



10th. "it shall also be his duty, yearly, to prepare for publication the annual 

 report of the society, together with such other matter as he shall deem proper— he 

 being aided in the selection of such matter by an advisory committee of the execu- 

 tive board. 



IV.— THE TREASUtlER. 



1st. All the funds of the society shall be paid into the hands of the treasurer. 



2d. He shall disburse the moneys of the society that shall come into his hands 

 only upon the order of the secretary, countersigned by the president. 



3d. He shall keep the moneys received by the society for life memberships as 

 a distinct fund, and shall invest the same under the advice and direction of the 

 executive board, applying only the interest accruing thereon to the purposes of the 

 general fund. 



4th. Immediately upon assuming his office, and before entering upon its duties, 

 he shall execute to the society an official bond with sufficient sureties, conditioned 

 for the safe keeping and disbursement of the moneys of the society, and for the 

 proper discharge of the further duties of his office, in such sum as shall be specified 

 by the executive board. Such bond shall receive the approval of the president and. 

 shall be deposited with the secretary. 



5th. He shall, at the close of each year, report to the executive board the amount 

 of money that shall have come into his hands during the year, the sources from. 

 which it has been derived, and the disposition made of the same. 



v.— THE LIBRARIAN. 



1st. The librarian shall have the custody of the library of the society. He shall 

 be appointed by the executive board, and may be displaced at its pleasure. 



2d. He shall act jointly with the secretary in the care and arrangement of the 

 same, and in the reception, custody, and disposal of the volumes of the transactions 

 annually supplied to the society by the state. 



3d. He shall have the custody of the rooms assigned to the society at the state 

 capitol, together with such books and other property as the society or the board 

 shall direct to be deposited therein. 



4th. He shall report annually, at the close of the year, to the executive board: 

 the amount and condition of the property in his hands. 



