and keep order ; to state and put questions, according to the sense and 

 intention of the members assembled; to give effect to the resolutions of the 

 Meeting ; and to cause the regulations of the Society to be put m force. 



Artkk XXIX.— The functions of the Director are twofold, general snd 

 special. His general functions are those of a Presiding Officer, being next 

 in rank to the President; by virtue of which he will preside at meetmgs 

 when the President is absent, and discharge his duties. His special func- 

 tions relate to the department of Oriental Literature, which is placed under 

 his particular care and superintendence. 



Article XXX— The duties of the Vice-Presidents are, to preside at the 

 meetings of the Society and of the Council, when the chair is not filled by the 

 President or Director ; and to act for the President, on all occasions, when 

 he is absent, and when his functions are not undertaken by the Durector. 



Article XXXI.— The Treasurer will receive, on account of, and for the 

 use of the Society, monies due to it, and make payments out of the funds 

 of the Society, according to directions from the CouncQ. All annual sub- 

 scriptions shaU be paid to the Treasurer, on the first day of January in every 

 year; and in case of omission for one calendar month, he shall be authorized 

 to demand the same. 



Article XXXII.— The Treasurer's accounts shall be audited annually, 

 previously to the Anniversary Meeting of the Society. The Council shall, 

 for that purpose, name three auditors, of whom two shaU be taken from the 

 Society at large, and the third shall be a member of the Council. The 

 auditors shall report to the Society, at its Anniversary Meeting, on the 

 state in which they have found the Society's funds. 



Article XXXIII.— The functions of the Secretary are the following: 



He shaU attend the meetings of the Society and of the Council, and 

 record their proceedings. At the General Meetings, he will read the papers 

 that have been communicated ; unless any member obtains permission 

 from the Council to read a paper that he has communicated to the Society. 



He shall conduct the correspondence of the Society, and of the Council. 



He shaU superintend the persons employed by the Society, subject, bow- 

 ever, to the control and superintendence of the Council. 



