8G2 STATUTES OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY 



meeting he shall present the letters which have been addressed to the 

 Academy since the last meeting. Under the direction of the Council, 

 he shall keep a list of the Resident Fellows, Associate Fellows, and 

 Foreign Honorary Members, arranged in their Classes and in Sections 

 in respect to the special sciences in which they are severally proficient ; 

 and he shall act as secretary to the Council. 



2. The Recording Secretary shall have charge of the Charter and 

 Statute-book, journals, and all literary papers belonging to the Academy. 

 He shall record the proceedings of the Academy at its meetings; and 

 after each meeting is duly opened, he shall read the record of the pre- 

 ceding meeting. He shall notify the meetings of the Academy, apprise 

 officers and committees of their election or appointment, and inform the 

 Treasurer of appropriations of money voted by the Academy. He shall 

 post up in the Hall a list of the persons nominated for election into the 

 Academy ; and when any individual is chosen, he shall insert in the 

 record the names of the Fellows by whom he was nominated. 



3. The two Secretaries, with the Chairman of the Committee of 

 Publication, shall have authority to publish such of the records of the 

 meetings of the Academy as may seem to them calculated to promote 

 its interests. 



4. Every person taking any books, papers, or documents belonging to 

 the Academy and in the custody of the Recording Secretary, shall give a 

 receipt for the same to the Recording Secretary. 



CHAPTER VII. 



Of the Treasurer. 



1. The Treasurer shall give such security for the trust reposed in 

 him as the Academy shall require. 



2. He shall receive all moneys due or payable to the Academy and 

 all bequests and donations made to the Academy. He shall pay all bills 

 due by the Academy, when approved by the proper officers (except those 

 of the Treasurer's office, which may be paid without such approval). 

 He shall sign all leases of real estate in the name of the Academy. All 

 transfers of stocks, bonds, and other securities belonging to the Academy 

 shall be made by the Treasurer with the written consent of one member 

 of the Committee of Finance. He shall keep an account of all receipts 

 and expenditures, shall submit his accounts annually to the Auditing 



