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enumerated, to preside at the meetings of the Academy; to 
summon extraordinary meetings of the Academy, upon any 
urgent occasion; and to execute or see to the execution of 
the statutes of the Academy. 
2. The President, or in his absence the next officer, in order 
as above enumerated, is empowered to draw upon the Treasurer 
for such sums of money as the Academy shall direct. 
3. Any deed or writing, to which the common seal is to be 
affixed, shall be signed and sealed by the President, when there- 
to authorized by the Academy. 
CHAP. III. 
Of the Secretaries. 
1. The Corresponding Secretary shall keep the letter-book, 
shall record all letters addressed to the Academy, and deliver the 
originals to be filed to the Recording Secretary ; and at each 
meeting, the Corresponding Secretary shall read such letters, as 
have been addressed to the Academy since the last meeting. 
2. The Recording Secretary shall have charge of the charter 
and statute-book, journals, and all literary papers belonging to the 
Academy ; and all letters, after they have been recorded, shall be 
kept by him on file. He shall keep a record of the proceedings 
of the Academy at its meetings; and after each meeting is 
