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have power to fill up the same; such appointments shall 
remain in force only till the next General Meeting, when 
they shall be either confirmed or annulled. 
XV. The Treasurer shall receive all Subscriptions and 
Donations made to the Society, and shall pay all aecounts 
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 for that 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 notice shall be given to the Secretaries, 
who shall communicate the same to each Member three 
weeks before the Meeting. 
XVNH. Papers read at Meetings of the Society, and 
considered by the Committee of suflicient interest for pub- 
lication, shall be forwarded (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 such papers may be printed separately, for distri- 
bution 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 
ofthem 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 Soeiety shall be to col- 
leet, by donation or purchase, a Library and Museum, 
more particularly illustrating the History (Natural, Civil, 
and Ecclesiastical) of the County of Somerset. 
*,* Itis requested that Contributions to the Museum or Li- 
brary, be sent to the Curator, at the Society's Rooms, Taunton. 
