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Council, specified in Rule 23, Sections shall proceed to the election 
of their Committee and Office-bearers, and the result of that 
election shall be reported forthwith to one of the Hon. Secretaries 
of the Society. 
38. The President and Hon. Secretaries of the Society are ex- 
officio Members of all Sections and Sectional Committees, and 
shall have notice sent to them of all Meetings convened by 
Secretaries of Sections. 
Duties of Officers. 
39. The President shall take the Chair at all Meetings of the 
Council and at all Ordinary Meetings of the Society (Sectional 
Meetings are presided over by their own Chairmen). In _ his 
absence, one of the Vice-Presidents shall take the Chair; and, 
failing them, any Member who may be elected by the Meeting. 
40. The decision of the Chairman presiding at any Meeting 
shall be conclusive and binding on such Meeting. 
41. The Secretaries shall record the proceedings in the Minute 
Book and conduct the correspondence of the Society. They shall 
keep an accurate list of the names and addresses of all Members 
of the Society, and prepare the Proceedings and Transactions of 
the Society for publication. All communications received by them 
shall be laid before the Council at the earliest opportunity. 
42. The Treasurer shall keep an account of all the moneys 
received by himself or the Secretaries and of all payments made 
on behalf of the Society. He shall prepare a Balance Sheet, duly 
audited by two Members of the Society appointed by the Council, 
to be presented at each Annual General Meeting in June. 
43. The Librarian shall have the general charge of the books 
and periodicals belonging to the Society. He shall receive, 
acknowledge, and record all Donations presented to the Library, 
and shall see that all Works intended for the Society’s Library are 
duly entered in a book provided for the purpose, labelled, num- 
bered, and placed in the Library for the use of the Members. 
The Librarian shall submit annually to the Council a Report 
on the condition of the Library, the circulation of the books, and 
a list of the Donations made to the Library. 
44. The Curator shall take charge of the Microscopes, 
Philosophical Apparatus, and such other property belonging to 
the Society as is not under the charge of the Librarian (unless 
otherwise ordered by the Council), and shall report to the Council, 
at the Meeting specified in Rule 23, on the state and condition of 
such property, of which he shall keep a full and complete 
catalogue. 
Meetings Ordinary and Special. 
45. The opening Meeting of the Session shall, unless otherwise 
ordered by the Council, take place on the second Wednesday in 
October, and the Session close, as far as the ordinary Meetings 
