CONSTITUTION AND RULES 13 



VIII. DUTIES OF OFFICERS 



PRESIDENT. The office of President is to preside over the 

 Annual and Special General Meetings, open the Exhibition, and 

 take the Chair at all functions of a ceremonial nature. ViCE- 

 PRESIDENTS. In the absence of the President, the Committee 

 shall have power to invite any Vice-President to fill his place. 

 TREASURER. The Treasurer shall supervise the accounts and 

 Ji nances of the Society, and present interim reports to the 

 Committee from time to time. He shall sign, jointly ivith the 

 Secretary, all cheques in payment of accounts duly passed by the 

 Committee. CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE. The Chairman 

 of Committee shall preside over all meetings of the Committee. 

 VICE-CHAIRMAN. The Vice-Chairman shall, in the absence 

 of the Chairman, preside over the Committee with full powers 

 as the Chairman. 



It is not usual to set out the duties of the various 

 officers as indicated in the above Rule, and there is 

 some difficulty in so defining the duties that everything 

 shall be provided for and no one shall trespass upon 

 the duties of another. Every officer should be prepared 

 to carry out the duties that devolve upon him, observing 

 the spirit as well as the letter of the law. In the above 

 Rule no arrangement is made for banking the money, 

 or even for receiving it, consequently where duties are 

 severely defined it may fall to the lot of the Treasurer 

 to collect subscriptions and other moneys due, and he 

 may be required to pay all such moneys into a certain 

 bank But the duty of collecting and banking the 

 moneys very frequently falls to the lot of the Secretary, 

 and as he is a most important officer, his duties may well 

 need a separate Rule. 



IX. THE SECRETARY 



The duties of the SECRETARY are : To attend all meetings of 

 the Society, Committees, Sub-Committees, and other functions 



