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

 Correspondence, 



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

 dated January 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 Tre.a.surer 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 

 Eeceipts. 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 

 belonging to the Society in one of the Chartered Banks of this 

 City, unless the same shall have been ordered by the Society to 

 be otherwise 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 November Meeting, submit a 

 certified Statement of the Receipts and Expenditure of the past 

 year, with the Auditor's Eeport thereon. 



Chapter IX. — Visitors. 



Each Fellow shall have the privilege of admitting one 

 Visitor to the Ordinary Meetings of the Society at the close of 

 the private business. 



Chapter X. — Additional Law. 



In the event of any Member acting in such a way as shall 

 seem to the Fellows of the Society to be detrimental to its 

 interests, the Council may recommend that the name of such 

 Member be deleted from the roll. The recommendation shall 

 be brought before the Society at its first Ordinary Meeting. It 

 shall be finally- decided at the immediately succeeding Meeting 

 by ballot. If confirmed by a majority of two-thirds of the votes 

 of at least fifteen Fellows, the name of such person shall be 

 deleted from the roll of membership, and all his privileges 

 connected with the Society shall be forfeited. 



Chapter XL — Making and Altering Laws. 



Any motion for the alteration of Existing Laws, or the 

 enactment of new ones, shall lie over till the second Ordinary 

 Meeting, and shall then be determined by a majority of at 

 least two-thirds of the votes, provided fifteen Fellows are 

 present and vote. The motion must be intimated to the 

 Council, and shall be printed in the Billet calling the Meeting 

 at which it is to be brought forward, and also in the Billet of 

 the Meeting at which it is to be discussed. 



