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 CHAPTER XI. 



OF STANDING AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES. 



Section 1. There shall be chosen, at the slated meeting on the 

 third Friday of January in each year, three members of the Society 

 to be a commitiee of finance, five to be a committee of publication, 

 three to be a committee on the hall, and five to be a committee on the 

 library. 



2. The committee of finance shall have the general superintendence 

 of the financial concerns of the Society. They shall consult with the 

 treasurer, and authorise and direct investments of its surplus funds. 

 They shall always have access to his books, accounts, and vouchers; 

 and they shall annually, on the third Friday of December, make a full 

 report on the state of the treasury, particularly distinguishing the seve- 

 ral funds, and the income and disbursements of each, and recommend- 

 ing the amounts which should be appropriated for ditferent objects of 

 expenditure during the ensuing year. They shall also have power to 

 remit the fees and contributions 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 con- 

 tracts for the same in the name of the Society, but shall have no 

 power to incur any debt, beyond the amount appropriated by the So- 

 ciety 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 subscriptionsc They shall furnish the treasurer, immediately 

 after the publication of any number of the Transactions, with 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 Decem- 

 ber, make a full report of their doings to the Society. They shall 

 have power to call on the librarian for his assistance in the perform- 

 ance 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 effect 

 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 appropriations for the li- 

 brary, and in the disposition and arrangement of the books, charts, 

 and documents belonging to the Society. 



