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that purpose, name three Auditors, of whom two shall 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 XLI. — The functions of the Secretary are the following : — 



He shall 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 per- 

 mission 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 shall superintend the persons employed by the Society, subject, 

 however, to the control and superintendence of the Council. 



He shall, under the direction and control of the Council, superintend 

 the expenditure of the Society. He shall be competent, on his own respon- 

 sibility, to discharge small bills : but any account exceeding the sum of 

 Five Pounds, shall previously be submitted to the Council ; and, if approved, 

 be paid by an order of the Council, entered on the minutes. 



He shall have the charge, under the direction of the Council, of printing 

 and publishing the Transactions of the Society. 



Article XLII. — If the Secretary shall, at any time, by illness, or any other 

 cause, be prevented from attending to the duties of his office, the Council 

 shall authorize the Assistant Secretary, or request one of its members to dis- 

 charge his functions, till he shall himself be able to resume them. 



Article XLII I. — The Librarian shall have the charge and custody of all 

 books, manuscripts, and other objects of learning or curiosity of which the 

 Society may become possessed, whether by donation, bequest, or purchase ; 

 and apartments shall be appropriated, in which those objects may be safely 

 deposited and preserved. 



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