20 Bye-Laws of the Linnean Society. 



receive for the Use of the Society all Sums of Money dae or pay- 

 able to the Society ; and out of such Money shall pay and disburse 

 all Sums of Money which may be due from or payable by the 

 Society ; and shall keep particular Accounts of all such Eeceipts 

 and Payments. 



II. Every Sum of Money payable on account of the Society, 

 amounting to Five Pounds or upwards, shall be paid by Order of 

 the Council, signed by the President or Yice- President in the 

 Chair, and registered by the Secretary. 



III. All Sums of Money in the Hands of the Treasurer, which 

 there shall not be present Occasion for expending or otherwise 

 disposing of for the Use of the Society, shall be laid out in such 

 Government or other Securities as shall be approved of and directed 

 by the Council. 



IV. The Treasurer shall keep a Yearly List of all such Pellows 

 of the Society as shall have paid the Sum appointed in lieu of 

 Annual Contributions ; and also of those who pay the Annual 

 Contributions ; and in this List shall be noted the Times up to 

 which the Annual Contributions shall have been paid, and the 

 Arrears due from each Pellow respectively. 



V. The Treasurer shall also keep a Book of printed Check-Re- 

 ceipts for Annual Contributions ; each Receipt to be signed by 

 himself, and to be fiUed up with the Name of the Fellow paying, 

 the Sum paid, and the Time paid to : these Receipts to be under- 

 signed by the Person who shall receive the Money on the Trea- 

 surer's behalf, who, upon the Delivery of the Receipt to the 

 Fellow paying, is to enter upon that Part of the Check which shall 

 be left in the Book the above Particulars, and also the Day of 

 Payment. 



VI. The Treasurer shall demand the Annual Contributions, or 

 cause them to be demanded, of such Persons as shall neglect to 

 make their Payments for Six Months after they become due. 



VII. The Accounts of the Treasurer shall be audited annually, 

 a short Time preceding the Anniversary Meeting, by a Committee 

 consisting of the President and One of the Secretaries, and of 

 Four Fellows of the Society, of whom Two shall be Members of 

 the Council, and the other Two not Members thereof; such Four 

 Auditors to be elected at One of the Two next preceding Greneral 

 Meetings of the Society, upon the Nomination of the President ; 

 the Election to be determined by a Show of Hands ; any Three of 

 the Auditors to be a Quorum. The Report of the said Auditors 

 shall be laid before the Society upon the Day of the Anniversary 



