IO CONSTITUTION. 



Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the Corresponding Secretary 

 to conduct all the correspondence of the Academy ; to keep cor- 

 rect copies of all letters written by him in such correspondence, 

 and to make regular reports of the same ; and to notify all cor- 

 responding members of their election. And it shall be the duty 

 of the Recording Secretary to keep correct minutes of the pro- 

 ceedings and transactions of the Academy ; to keep all reports 

 and other papers read before it, unless their disposal shall be other- 

 wise ordered ; to notify all associate members of their election ; to 

 keep a correct list of the members of the Academy, with the 

 dates of the election, and the dates of resignations, expulsions 

 and deaths that may occur among them ; and to keep the consti- 

 tution and common seal of the Academy. 



Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to take charge of 

 the funds of the Academy, and attend to the collection and pay- 

 ment of money ; but no money shall be paid by him except on 

 an order of the Academy, signed by the President and counter- 

 signed by one of the Secretaries : he shall keep a clear and de- 

 tailed statement of all receipts and expenditures, shall keep his 

 books accessible to the proper committees appointed for their 

 examination, and he shall lay before the Academy, at the last 

 stated meeting in the year, a statement of all receipts and expen- 

 ditures during the year ; and he shall give security, satisfactoi-y 

 to the Academy, in the sum of five thousand dollars, for the faith- 

 ful performance of his duties. And he shall deposit, in the name 

 of the Academy of Science, all funds of the Academy coming 

 to his hands, when amounting to $25.00, in such incorporated 

 bank in the city of St. Louis as shall from time to time be desig- 

 nated by the Academy, by resolution ; and the same shall draw 

 from said bank, by check in the name of the Academy of Science, 

 signed by him as Treasurer of said Academy, as needed for the 

 payment of its debts or expenses. 



Sec. 6. The Librarian shall take charge of all books belong- 

 ing to, or deposited with, the Academy, and shall be responsible 

 for the same ; he shall keep a catalogue thereof, in which the 

 names of contributors shall be inscribed, with the dates of their 

 reception, conformably to the by-laws that may be established for 

 the regulation of his duties ; he shall superintend the publication 

 and distribution of all memoirs, essays and papers, written by 



