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have power to fill up the same ; such appolntments shall 

 remain In force only tili the next General Meeting, when 

 they shall be either confirmed or annuUed. 



XV. The Treasurer shall receive all Subscriptions and 

 Donations made to the Society, and shall pay all accounts 

 passed by the Committee ; he shall keep a book of receipts 

 and payments, which he shall produce whenever the Com- 

 mittee shall require it ; the Accounts shall be audited 

 previously to the Anniversary Meeting by two Members 

 of the Committee, chosen forthat purpose; and an abstract 

 of them shall be read at the Meeting. 



XVI. No change shall be made in the Laws of the 

 Society, except at a General or Special Meeting, at which 

 twelve Members at least shall be present. — Of the proposed 

 change a month's uotice shall be given to the Secretaries, 

 who shall communicate the same to each Member three 

 weeks before the Meeting. 



XVII. Papers read at Meetings of the Society, and 

 considered by the Committee of sufficient interest for pub- 

 lication shall be forwai-ded (with the Author's consent) to 

 such Periodical as shall be determined by the Committee 

 to be the best for the purpose, with a request that a num- 

 ber of Buch papers may be printed separately, for distribu- 

 tion to the Members of the Society, either gratuitously or 

 for such payment as may be agreed on. 



XVIII. No religious or Political discussions shall be 

 permitted at Meetings of the Society. 



XIX. That any person contributing Books or Speci- 

 mens to the Museum shall be at liberty to resume possession 

 of them in the event of the property of the Society ever 

 being sold or transferred to any other county. Also per- 

 sons shall have liberty to deposit Books or Specimens for a 

 specific time only. 



N.B. One of the objects of the Society shall be to col- 

 lect by donation or purchase, a Library and Museum, more 

 particularly illustrating the History, Natural, Civil, and 

 Ecclesiastical, of the County of Somerset. 



*^* It is requested that Contrihutions to the Museum or 

 Library, besenttothc Curator, at the Society s rooms, Taunton. 



