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Anniversary Election ; and the Members of the said Committee who are not of 

 the Council shall make the Report to the Society, upon the Meeting next 

 before the Anniversary Election, or on the day of the said Election. 



VIII. The Treasurer shall have the charge of the Title Deeds of the Society's 

 Estates, the Bonds formerly given by the Fellows, the Policies of Insurance, 

 and Securities. 



IX. As soon after the Audit as may be, and before the Anniversary Meeting, 

 the Treasurer shall cause an Abstract of the Society's Accounts of the pre- 

 ceding year to be printed for the use of the Fellows. 



CHAP. IX Of the Secretaries. 



I. THK Secretaries, or either of them, shall have inspection over the Assistant- 

 Secretarv ; and shall give the Orders and Directions concerning the entering 

 and writing of all Minutes or matters in the Journal-books of the Society or 

 Council, or any other books of the Society ; and also concerning any orders or 

 other writings for the use and service of the Society. 



II. The Secretaries shall attend all Meetings of the Society, Council, and 

 Committees of Papers ; where, when the President has taken the Chair, the 

 Senior Secretary shall read the Minutes, Orders, and entries of the preceding 

 Meeting ; and shall afterwards take minutes of the business and orders of the 

 present Meeting, to be entered by the Assistant-Secretary in the respective 

 books to which they relate. 



III. At the Meetings of the Society, the Junior Secretary shall announce the 

 Presents made to them since the last Meeting; shall give notice of any 

 Candidate who stands proposed for election into the Society at that Meeting ; 

 and shall read the Letters and Papers presented to the Society in the order of 

 time in which they shall have been received, unless the President shall other- 

 wise direct. 



IV. The Secretaries, or either of them, shall draw up all letters to be written 

 to any persons in the name of the Society or Council, (to be read and approved 

 of in some meeting of either respectively,) except, for some particular cause or 

 consideration, some other person be appointed by the Society or Council to 

 draw up any such letter. They shall likewise have the charge (under the 

 direction of the Committee of Papers) of printing the Philosophical Transac- 

 tions and correcting the Press. 



V. The letters relating to the business of the Society, received during each 

 Session, shall be arranged and kept in the Apartments of the Society. 



VI. The duty of the Secretary for Foreign Correspondence shall be to 

 receive and answer all letters from foreign parts relating to the business of the 

 Society, to return thanks for presents from Foreigners made to the Society, and 

 to forward to persons elected Foreign Members, the Diplomas certifying their 

 election into the Society. 



