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CHAPTER III. 

 Of the Secretaries. 



1. The Corresponding Secretary shall keep the letter-book, shall record all letters written in the 

 name of the Academy, and preserve on file all letters which are received ; and, at each meeting, he 

 shall read such letters as have been addressed to the Academy since the last meeting. With the 

 advice and consent of the President, he may propose and make exchanges with such other scientific 

 associations as he shall deem proper, and may give copies of the Transactions of the Academy for this 

 purpose. 



J. The Recording Secretary shall have charge of the charter and statute-book, journals, and all 

 literary papers belonging to the Academy. He shall keep a record of the proceedings of the 

 Academy at its meetings, and, after each meeting is duly opened by the presiding officer, he shall 

 read the proceedings of the last meeting. He shall post up in the Hall a list of the persons nomi- 

 nated for election into the Academy, which list shall remain there at least during the interval between 

 two successive quarterly meetings ; and when any individual is chosen, he shall insert in the records 

 the names of the Fellows by whom he was nominated. 



3. The Corresponding and Recording Secretaries shall have authority to publish in an octavo form 

 such of the proceedings of the Academy as may seem to them calculated to advance the interests 

 of science. 



4. It shall be the duty of the Corresponding Secretary, with the advice and consent of the Presi- 

 dent, to distribute copies of the Memoirs to Fellows of the Academy residing in foreign countries, as 

 they shall deem expedient. 



5. Any Fellow of the Academy shall be entitled to receive one copy of each volume hereafter 

 published, by applying personally, or by written order, for the same within two years afier such 

 publication. 



CHAPTER IV. 

 Of the Treasurer. 



1. The Treasurer shall give such security as the Academy may require, for the trust reposed 

 in him. 



2. The Treasurer shall receive officially all moneys or sums of money due or payable, and all 

 bequests or donations made, to the Academy ; and, by order of the President or presiding officer, 

 shall pay such sums as the Academy shall direct ; and shall keep an account of all receipts and 

 expenditures. 



3. All moneys or sums of money, which there shall not be present occasion to expend, shall be 

 put out at interest on such securities, or otherwise disposed of, as the Academy shall direct. 



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