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shall he continue a Curator any longer than he shall continue a Fellow of the 

 Society. 



XIII. Every Curator of the Society shall forfeit his place as a Curator, 

 together with his relation as a Fellow, for any of the causes for which a Fellow 

 is to be ejected ; and also for any fraudulent dealing in matters concerning 

 the Society, or for negligence in the business of his place : before which ejection, 

 for the first, second, and third fault, he shall receive respective admonishment 

 by the President in Council, to be entered in the Council-book ; except the 

 fault shall be judged by the Society so enormous as to deserve a present 

 expulsion. 



XIV. If any Curator shall be disabled by age, infirmity, or casualty con- 

 tracted in the service of the Society, some provision shall be made for him 

 during life, if the necessity of his condition shall so require, according as the 

 Council shall think fit. 



CHAI>. XII Of the Clerk. 



I. THE Clerk of the Society shall constantly attend all the Meetings of the 

 Society and Council, precisely at the hour appointed, and not go away before 

 the Meeting be dissolved ; and he shall follow the directions of the Secretaries 

 in registering all matters, that shall be ordered to be entered, in the respective 

 books of the Society. 



II. The Clerk shall not suffer any person, being no Member of the Society, 

 to read any book, record, or other writing, or any part thereof, belonging to 

 the Society ; nor give any copies thereof, nor any way communicate any 

 thing contained therein, to any such person : and in case he shall do contrary 

 thereunto, he shall forfeit his place. 



III. The Clerk shall have Sixpence for every page in/b/io, of thirty lines 

 fairly and closely written, with a margin not exceeding one fourth part of the 

 page ; and according to the same rate for any larger or smaller page : and he 

 shall have Ten pounds by the year for his attendance at Meetings, to be paid 

 quarterly by equal portions. 



CHAP. XIII Of the Printer to the Society. 



I. THE office of the Printer shall be to take care for the printing and vending 

 such books, besides catalogues, and such other things, as shall be committed 

 to him by order of the Society or Council ; in the doing of which he shall from 

 time to time observe, and submit unto the directions and orders of the Council, 

 both as to the correctness of the edition, the number of copies to be printed, 

 the form or volume, the goodness of the paper, character, figures and diagrams, 

 as likewise the price at which such books are to be sold ; nor shall he reprint 

 any of the said books, or print them in any translation or epitome, without 

 particular leave from the Council. And if in any of these particulars he shall 

 neglect, or disobey the directions of the Council, he shall either give such 



