HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. XXXV 



ments of all rents, rates, taxes, insurances, and salaries, as 

 and when they shall hecome due, without the express authority 

 of the Council for each payment, provided that the respective 

 amounts of such payments, and the times of payments, shall 

 have heen previously fixed by the Council. 



Art. XV. It shall be the duty of the Secretary, 



To take down the minutes of the proceedings of the 

 Council. 



To transmit the orders of the Council to the salaried 

 officers. 



To conduct the correspondence of the Society. 

 Art. XVI. The offices of President, Vice-President, Trea- 

 surer, and Secretary shall be honorary. 



Art. XVII. No person shall at the same time hold any two 

 of the offices of President, Treasurer, and Secretary. 



Art. XVIII. The Council shall from time to time deter- 

 mine the number, duties, and salaries of all salaried officers, 

 gardeners, clerks, and other persons necessary for transacting 

 the business of the Society. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Publications of the Society. 



Art. I. Every paper communicated to the Society for publi- 

 cation shall be deemed the property of the Society from the 

 time of its being delivered at the house of the Society, unless 

 any previous engagement to the contrary has been made with 

 the author. 



Art. II. The consideration of the papers to be selected for 

 publication, and of the form in which, and the time when, they 

 shall be published, shall be decided by the Council. 



