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vestments of its surplus funds. They shall always have access 

 to his books, accounts, and vouchers ; and they shall annually, 

 on tlie third Friday of December, make a full report on 

 the state of the treasury, particularly distinguishing the sev- 

 eral funds, and the income and disbursements of each, and 

 recommending the amounts which should be appropriated 

 for different objects of expenditure during the ensuing jear. 

 They shall also have power to remit the fees and contribu- 

 tions of members, when they shall judge that circumstances 

 make it proper. 



3. The committee of publication shall superintend the 

 printing and distribution of the Society's Transactions, They 

 shall make all contracts for the same in the name of the So- 

 ciety, but shall have no power to incur any debt, beyond the 

 amount appropriated by the Society for said publication, or 

 derived from subscriptions. They shall audit and certify all 

 bills for expenses attending the publication to the treasurer 

 for payment, fix the price of the different numbers, and re- 

 ceive subscriptions. They shall furnish the treasurer, imme- 

 diately after the publication of any number of the Transac- 

 tions, witli a list of the subscribers, and the sum due from 

 each, to enable him to collect the amount thereof, and shall 

 annually, on the first Friday of December, make a full report 

 of their doings to the Society. They shall have power to call 

 on the librarian for his assistance in the performance of their 

 duties. 



4. The committee on the hall shall have charge of the real 

 estate of the Society, and shall direct all necessary repairs. 

 They shall eftect insurance upon the property of the Society 

 in such amounts as may from time to time be directed. 



5. The committee on the library shall confer with and 

 assist the librarian in the disbursement of the annual appro- 

 priations for the library, and in the disposition and arrange- 

 ment of the books, charts, and documents belonging to the 

 Society. 



6. No committee appointed on any subject of deliberation 

 shall consist of less than three members; but any other matter 



