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

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

 Chairman shall have a vote and a casting vote. 



CHAPTER VIL 



THE SECRETARIES. 



\. The Honorary Secretary, with the aid of the Assistant- 

 Secretary, shall give intimation of aU General and Committee 

 Meetiiigs, shall IMinute their Proceedings in Books to he kept for 

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

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

 Books, and shall see them deposited in the Herharium 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 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. 



CHAPTEK VIII. 

 THE TREASURER AND AUDITOR. 



1. The Treasurer, subject to the inspection of the Coi^jcil, shall 

 receive and disburse all IVIoney belonging to the Society, Collecting 

 the Money when due, and granting the necessary Receipts. 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- 

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

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

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

 thereon shaU 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, 

 witli tho Auditor's Report thereon. 



