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CHAPTER V. 

 Of the Secretaries. 



1. The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the correspondence of the Academy, recording 

 or making an entry of all letters written in its name, and preserving on file all letters which are 

 received ; and at each meeting he shall present the letters which have been addressed to the 

 Academy since the last meeting. With the advice and consent of the President, he may effect 

 exchanges with other scientific associations, and also distribute copies of the publications of the 

 Academy among the Associate Fellows and Foreign Honorary Members, as shall be deemed 

 expedient ; making a report of his proceedings at the Annual Meeting. Under the direction of 

 the Council for Nomination, he shall keep a list of the Fellows, Associate Fellows, and Foreign 

 Honorary Members, arranged in their classes and in sections in respect to the special sciences 

 in which they are severally proficient ; and shall act as secretary to the Council. 



2. The Recording Secretary shall have charge of the Charter and statute-book, journals, and 

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

 at its meetings; and after each meeting is duly opened, he shall read the record of the preceding 

 meeting. He shall notify the meetings of the Academy, and apprise committees of their 

 appointment. He shall post up in the Hall a list of the persons nominated for election into the 

 Academy ; and when any individual is chosen, he shall insert in the record the names of the 

 Fellows by whom he was nominated. 



3. The two Secretaries, with the chairman of the Committee of Publication, shall have 

 authority to publish such of the Proceedings of the Academy as may seem to them calculated 

 to promote the interests of science. 



CHAPTER VI. 



Of the Treasurer. 



1. The Treasurer shall give such security for the trust reposed in him as the Academy shall 

 require. 



2. He shall receive officially all moneys 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 



