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keep order in all their proceedings ; he shall state questions 

 and propositions to the meeting, and report the result of 

 ballots, and carry into effect the regulations of the Society. 

 Tn the absence of the President, the chair shall be taken 

 by one of the Vice-Presidents, Treasurer, or Ordinary 

 Member of Council, in order of seniority. 



XV. The Treasurer may, immediately after his election, Duties of 



•' •' Treasurer. 



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 Royal Society of Victoria. The Treasui'er shall make 

 all payments 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 the 

 Secretary. 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 each 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 Secretary shall conduct the correspondence Duties of 



SGcrctfl-i'v. 



of the Society and of the Council, attend all meetings 

 of the Society and of the Council, take minutes of 

 of their 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 " Pi'oceedings" and 

 " Transactions " of the Society. 



