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5. He shall give notice of the meetings of the Society and 

 of the officers and council, and of all elections, and shall make 

 all such publications on behalf of the Society as are not other- 

 wise devolved by law or special order. 



6. He shall, at the beginning of each year, cause tables to 

 be prepared for the use of the members, on which shall be 

 noted the days for the meetings of the Society and of the 

 officers and council, the stated business to be transacted thereat, 

 and the names of the officiating secretaries and curator. 



7. He shall transcribe carefully and correctly the minutes 

 of the Society, as made by the officiating secretaries. He 

 shall acknowledge the reception of all donations made to the 

 Society, and transmit copies of its Transactions and Proceed- 

 ings as directed, and shall from time to time perform such 

 other executive or ministerial duties as may be charged on 

 him by vote of the Society, given according to the laws. 



8. He shall, under the direction of the secretaries, act as 

 reporter of the proceedings, of the Society, and shall cause 

 such abstract of them to be published for the use of the mem- 

 bers, and for distribution to correspondents, as the secretaries 

 may deem expedient or proper, or as the Society may direct ; 

 but no expense shall be incurred, nor any contracts made for 

 printing or publishing the same, beyond the sum appropriated 

 by the Society for such purposes. 



9. He shall receive an annual salary of seven hundred dol- 

 lars, to be paid monthly from the treasury of the Society, and 

 his services shall commence on the first Monday after his 

 election. 



CHAPTER IX. 



OF THE MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY". 



SECTION 1. The ordinary meetings of the Society shall be 

 on the first and third Fridays of every month from September 

 to June, at eight o'clock in the evening. Special meetings 

 may be called at any time by order of the president ; or, in 

 his absence, by order of a vice-president. And it shall not be 



