clown in Chapter II. Law 4, and to attend carefully to the enforce- 

 ment of tlie Laws of the Society, and to signing the Minutes, The 

 Chairman shall have a vote and a castinor vote. 



CHAPTEE VI L 

 THE SECRETARIES. 



1. The Honorary Secretary, with the aid of tlie Assistant- 

 Secretary, shall give intimation of all General and Committee 

 Meetings, shall Minute their Proceedings in Books to be kept for 

 the purpose, and shall conduct all the Society's Correspondence in 

 Britain. He shall also take cliarge of all Donations of Plants and 

 Books, and shall see them deposited in the Herbarium and Library, 

 in conformity with any arrangements made by the Society with 

 Government. 



2. The Foreign Secretary shall have charge of all the Foreign 

 Correspondence. 



Note. — Agreeably to an Act of the Town Council of the City of Edinburgh, 

 dated Januaiy 8, 1839, the Professor of Botany in the University of Edinburgh 

 is constituted Honorary Curator ex officio, with free access to the Society's 

 Collection, whether a Member of the Society or not. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 THE TREASURER AND AUDITOR. 



1. The Treasurer, subject to the inspection of the Council, shall 

 receive and disburse all Money belonging to the Society, collecting 

 the Money when due, and granting the necessary Pieceipts. His 

 Accounts shall be Audited annually by the Auditor appointed by 

 the Society. 



2. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to place all Money be- 

 longing to the Society in one of the Chartered Banks of this City, 

 unless the same shall have been ordered by the. Society to be other- 

 Avise invested ; and he shall never keep more than Ten Pounds of 

 the Funds of the Society in his hands at a time. The Bank 

 Account shall be kept in the name of the Society, and all drafts 

 thereon shall be signed by the Treasurer. 



3. The Treasurer shall, at the December Meeting, submit a certi- 

 fied statement of the Receipts and Expenditure of the past year, 

 with the Auditor's Report thereon. 



