BY-LAWS. XV 



Section XII. 



The Vice Presidents. 



In case of the absence of the President at any meeting 

 of the Society, it shall he the duty of the senior Vice 

 President (in the order of his election,) then present, to 

 take the chair, who shall, for the time, have and exercise 

 all the authority, privileges and power of the President ; 

 and in case neither the President, nor either of the Vice 

 Presidents shall be present, the Society shall then choose, 

 viva voce^ a President pro tempore^ who shall, for the time, 

 be invested with all the power and authority of the Pres- 

 ident. 



Section XIII. 



Duties of Treasurer. 



The Treasurer shall collect and receive all sums of 

 money due or payable to the Society, and shall keep and 

 disburse the same, as shall be prescribed, from time to 

 time, by the By-Laws and Regulations. To his trust shall 

 be confided all certificates of stock, bonds, notes, or other 

 evidences of debt ; he shall make all transfers of the same, 

 having the written order of the Committee of Finance for 

 that purpose, and of which he shall render true accounts, 

 together with all sums of money received and disbursed 

 by him on account of the Society. All payments shall be 

 ordered by the Society, or approved of by the Committee 

 of Finance ; and he shall be allowed, for his services as 

 Treasurer, the sum of fifty dollars annually. 



