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disburse all Sums of Money which may be due from or payable 

 by the Society ; and shall keep particular Accounts of all such 

 Receipts and Payments. 



II. Every Sum of Money payable on account of the Society, 

 amounting to Five Pounds or upwards, shall be paid by Order of 

 the Council, signed by the President, and registered by the 

 Secretary. 



III. All Sums of Money in the Hands of the Treasurer, which 

 there shall not be present Occasion for expending or otherwise 

 disposing of for the Use of the Society, shall be laid out in such 

 Government or other Securities as shall be approved of and 

 directed by the Council. 



IV. One Guinea of the Sum to be paid by each Fellow for his 

 Admission-Fee being for the Support of a Fund specially intended 

 for the Increase of the Society's Library, the Treasurer shall keep a 

 separate Account of the Fund so supported, and shall, from Time 

 to Time, report the Amount thereof in his Hands to the Council, 

 who are to give such Directions as they may judge proper relative 

 to the Purchase of Books. 



V. The Treasurer shall have and keep a Yearly List of all such 

 Fellows of the Society as shall have paid the Sum appointed in 

 lieu of Annual Contributions; and also of those who pay the 

 Annual Contributions whether of One or Two Guineas; and in 

 this List shall be noted the Times up to which the Annual Con- 

 tributions shall have been paid, and the Arrears due from each 

 Fellow respectively. 



VI. The Treasurer shall also have and keep a Book of printed 

 Check-Receipts for Annual Contributions ; each Receipt to be. 

 signed by himself, and to be fdled up with the Name of the 

 Fellow paying, the Sum paid, and the Time paid to : these. 

 Receipts to be undersigned by the Person who shall receive the 



Money 



