CHAPTER III. 



OF THE PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENTS. 



Section 1. The president shall preside at the meetings, preserve 

 order, regulate the debates, state and put questions agreeably to the 

 sense and intention of the members, and announce the determination 

 of the Society thereupon. 



2. In the absence of the president from a meeting, his duties shall 

 devolve upon the vice-presidents in rotation ; or, at his request when 

 present, his duties may be performed by either of the vice-presidents. 



3. If the president and vice-presidents be absent, the members met 

 shall appoint one of their number to take the chair for the time. 



4. At some time, within the year, the president shall deliver to the 

 Society a discourse on some literary or scientific subject, accompanied 

 by such suggestions, with regard to the affairs of the Society, as he 

 shall judge proper. 



CHAPTER IV. 



OF THE SECRETARIES. 



Section 1. The Secretaries shall minute the proceedings of the 

 Society at the meetings, read all papers which are required to be 

 read at the meetings, and preserve, in regular files, all documents pre- 

 sented 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. 



2. Two of them, at least, shall officiate at every meeting; and, un- 

 less a different arrangement shall be made and announced by them 

 at the beginning of the year, the first and third named on the list of 

 secretaries shall be considered responsible for the performance of all 

 the duties of the office during the first, third, fiffh, seventh, ninth, and 

 eleventh months of the year, and in like manner the second and fourth 

 named on the list, during the alternate months. 



CHAPTER V. 



OF THE CURATORS. 



Section 1. The curators shall have charge of the cabinet of the 

 Society, and shall be responsible for its preservation and security. 



