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Society, as made by the officiating secretaries. He shall acknowledge 

 the reception of all donations made to the Society, and transmit 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 a vote of the Society, given according to the laws. 



8. He shall, under the direction of the secretaries, act as reporter 

 of the proceedings of the Society, and shall cause such abstract of them 

 to be published for the use of the members, and for distribution to cor- 

 respondents, as the secretaries may deem expedient or proper, or as 

 the Society may direct; but no expense shall be incurred, nor any 

 contracts made for printing or publishing the same, beyond the sum 

 appropriated by the Society for such purposes. 



9. He shall receive an annual salary of seven hundred dollars, to 

 be paid monthly from the treasury of the Society, and his services 

 shall commence on the first Monday after his election. 



CHAPTER IX. 



OF THE MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 



Section 1. The ordinary meetings of the Society shall be on the 

 first and third Fridays of every month from October to May, both in- 

 clusive, and on the third Friday of each of the other four months, at 

 seven o'clock in the evening. Special meetings may be called at 

 any time by order of the president; or, in his absence, by order of a 

 vice-president. 



2. The chair shall be taken by the presiding officer within one 

 hour after the time appointed for the meeting. 



.S. The qualified voters, present at any stated or special meeting, 

 shall be a quorum, and be competent to elect members, dispose of 

 property, appropriate money, and award premiums; but no property 

 shall be alienated or encumbered, except by the vote of three-fourths 

 of the qualified voters present, and given at two successive stated 

 meetings. For the transaction of the ordinary business, the reception 

 and reference of communications on literary, scientific, or other sub- 

 jects, all other members present shall be deemed competent to act, and, 

 in the absence of qualified voters, shall form a quorum. 



4. Those members shall be considered qualified voters at the meet- 

 ings, who have subscribed the laws and paid the admission fee, and 

 who are not in arrears to the Society. 



