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XY. The Treasurer may, immediately after his Duties of 

 election, appoint a Collector (to act during pleasure), ^'^^*^'"^'- 

 subject to the approval of the Council at its next 

 meeting. The duty of the Collector shall be to issue 

 the Treasurer's notices, and collect subscriptions. The 

 Treasurer shall receive all moneys paid to the Society, 

 and shall deposit the same before the end of each 

 month in the bank approved by the Council, to the 

 credit of an account opened in the name of the Roj-al 

 Society of Victoria. The Treasurer shall make all pay- 

 ments ordered by the Council on receiving a written 

 authority from the chairman of the meeting. All 

 cheques shall be signed by himself, and countersigned 

 by one of the Secretaries. No payments shall be made 

 except by cheque, and on the authority of the Council. 

 He shall keep a detailed account of all receipts and 

 expenditure, present a report of the same at eacli 

 Council meeting, and prepare a balance-sheet to be laid 

 before the Council, and included in its Annual Report. 

 He shall also produce his books whenever called upon 

 to do so by the Council. 



XVI. The Secretaries shall share their duties as they Duties of 

 may find most convenient. One or other of them shall «cietaues.. 

 conduct the correspondence of the Society and of the 

 Council, attend all meetings of the Society and of the 

 Council, take minutes of theii* proceedings, and enter 



them in the proper books. He shall inscribe the names 

 -and addresses of all Members and Associates in a book 

 to be kept for that purpose, from which no name shall 

 be erased except by order of the Council. He shall 

 issue notices of all meetings of the Society and of the 

 Council, and shall have the custody of all papers of 

 the Society, and, under the direction of the Council, 

 superintend the printing of the Transactions of the 

 Society. 



XVII. The Council shall meet on any day within one Meetings of 

 week before every Ordinary Meeting of the Society. '•"™i- 

 Notice of such meeting shall lie sent to every IMember 



at least two days previously. No business shall be 

 transacted at any meeting of the Council unless five Quorum 

 Members be present. Any Member of Council absent- 

 ing himself from three consecutive meetings of Council, 

 without satisfactory explanation in writing, shall )>e 



