xii Laws, 



IV. 



A quorum for business shall consist of at least five mem- 

 bers, including the president or vice-president. 



V. 



At all meetings of the society the president shall exercise 

 the usual duties of that office ; all motions shall be address- 

 ed to him ; and on all questions he shall collect and declare 

 the votes. He shall also have power to call special meetings 

 of the society, by notice published in at least two of the city 

 newspapers. In his absence the same duties shall be per- 

 formed by the vice-president. And ii it happen, at any 

 meeting of the society, that both the president and vice-pre- 

 sident be absent, the members present (being a quorum to 

 constitute a regular meeting ior the business to be transacted) 

 may choose a vice-president ior that meeting. 



VI. 



The treasurer shall keep the accounts, methodically stated, 

 in the books of the society ; and, vvhen called upon, pro- 

 ^ duce them for inspection. At the last meeting of every 

 5^ear, and also whenever his office ends, he shall produce a 

 fair and regularly stated account of all receipts, pa^Tnents 

 and expenditures ; and deliver it, together with those books, 

 and all other propert)^ of the societ}', in his hands, to his 

 successor in office, or to the orders of the society. 



VII. 



The secretary and his assistant shall have in charge all the 

 books and papers of the society, and keep the same in ex- 

 act order. They shall also register all letters which shall be 

 written by the committee of correspondence, or by them- 

 selves, by order of the committee. 



VIII. 



At the annual meeting of the society in Januarj^ shall be 

 chosen a committee of correspondence, to consist of five 

 members, any three of whom to be a quorum, for the pur- 



