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CHAPTER XI. 



Of the Secretary. 



Sect. I. The Secretary shall have Inspection over the Clerk ; 

 and shall give the necessary Orders and Directions concerning the 

 entering and writing of all Minutes or Matters in the Minute-Books 

 of the Society or Council, or any other Books of the Society ; 

 also concerning any Orders or other "Writings for the Use and Ser- 

 vice of the Society. 



II. The Secretary shall attend at all Meetings of the Society, 

 Council, and Committees ; where, when the President shall have 

 taken the Chair, he shall read the Minutes, Orders, and Entries, of 

 the preceding Meeting ; and shall afterwards take Minutes of the 

 Business and Orders of the present Meeting, to be entered by the 

 Clerk in the respective Books to which they may relate. He shall 

 also read the Letters and Papers presented to the Society in the 

 Order of Time in which they shall have been received, if the Pre- 

 sident should so direct. 



III. The Secretary shall draw up all Letters to be written to 

 any Persons in the Name of the Society or Council (to be read 

 and approved of in some Meeting of either respectively), except, 

 for some particular Cause or Consideration, some other Person 

 be appointed by the Society or Council to draw up any such 

 Letter. He shall likewise have the Charge, under the Direction 

 of the Council, of printing the Transactions of the Society, and 

 of correcting the Press. 



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