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for consideration; and being read separately, and the question 

 taken upon each amendment, they were all adopted as follows: 



Chap. II. Sect. 6. Of the day, hour and place of election, notice 

 shall be given by the Librarian, at least one week before the day of 

 election, in such one or more of the public newspapers of the State of 

 Pennsylvania as the Society shall direct. 



Chap. IV. Sect. 1. The Secretaries shall minute the proceedings 

 of the Society at the meetings: they shall read all papers which are 

 required to be read at the meetings, and shall preserve, in regular 

 files, all documents presented to the Society ; they shall give notice 

 to members of their election, acknowledge in writing the reception of 

 all communications, and generally conduct the correspondence of the 

 Society. 



Chap. IV. Sect. 3. Sfriclftn out. 



Chap. VI. Sect. 6. {Treasurer.) He shall, as a full compensation 

 for his services, receive five per cent, on the amount of the annual in- 

 come of the Society collected by him. 



Chap. VIII. Sect. i. A member of the Society shall be chosen at 

 the stated meeting on the third Friday of January in each year, to be 

 the Librarian of the Society: nominations for said office shall be made 

 at the first stated meeting in January, and no person shall be voted 

 for who has not been so nominated. 



Sect. 2. He shall have, under the direction of the proper standing 

 Committees, the custody and care of the Hall and ot the books and 

 papers belonging to the Society, which he shall dispose and arrange 

 in such a manner as shall be judged most convenient, and shall keep 

 an arranged catalogue of them, with the names of the donors. He 

 shall assist the Curators in their charge of the cabinet. 



Sect. 3. He shall attend at the library, at every meeting of the 

 Society, and daily, excepting Sundays, from 10 A. M. to 1. P. M. 

 except when allowed leave of absence by the presiding officer of the 

 Society, and shall then, &c. &c., (as at present). 



Sect. 7. He shall transcribe carefully and correctly the minutes 

 of the Society, as made by the officiating Secretaries. He shall ac- 

 knowledge the receipt of all donations made to the Society, and trans- 

 mit copies of its Transactions and Proceedings as directed, and shall 

 from time to time perform such other executive or ministerial duties 

 as may be charged on him by the vote of the Society given according 

 to the laws. 



Sect. 8. He shall, under the direction of the Secretaries, act as re- 



