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the Council shall bo taken during their ])rogrcss by the Secre- 

 tary, or, in case of his absence, by some member present, whom 

 the chairman shall appoint for the occasion : the minutes shall 

 afterwards be copied fairly into a minute-book to be kept for 

 that purpose, and read and signed by the chairman at the next 

 meeting of the Council. 



Art. IX. The government of the Society, and the direction, 

 management, and execution of its concerns, are intrusted to the 

 Council, subject to no other restrictions than are and may be 

 imposed by the charter and by-laws, and to no other inter- 

 ference than may arise from the acts of the Fellows in general 

 or special meeting assembled. 



Art. X. The accounts of the Society shall be regularly 

 audited. 



Art. XI. The Council shall present and cause to be read to 

 the anniversary meeting a report on the general concerns of 

 the Society for the preceding year ; the report shall state the 

 income and expenditure, the receipts and disbursements, the 

 balance in hand, the debts and assets, and the increase or dimi- 

 nution of the property of the Society during that year. 



Art, XII. The Council may appoint Committees to examine 

 into, and report to them on, any special matters, scientific or 

 otherwise, relating to the objects or concerns of the Society, 

 and may require such Committees to report, and may dissolve 

 such Committees, whensoever they shall think proper. 



Art. XIII. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer, 



To sign all drafts to be paid by the banker, and all 

 receipts for the contributions of Fellows. 



To see that the accounts of all receipts and payments 

 made by or on account of the Society are regularly kept 

 in such manner as to afford the means of ascertaining at 

 any time the state of the affairs of the Society. 



Art. XIV. The Treasurer shall not issue any draft for any 

 sum above 5/. without the previous authority of the Council, 

 excepting that he shall have power to issue drafts for the pay- 



