88 STATUTES OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AXD SCIENCES. 



CHAPTER III. 



Of the Secretaries. 



1. The Corresponding Secretary shall keep the letter-book, shall record all letters addressed to 

 the Academy, and deliver the originals to be filed to the Recording Secretary : and at each meeting 

 the Corresponding Secretary shall read such letters as have been addressed to the Academy since the 



last meeting. 



2. The Recording Secretary shall have charge of the Charter and statute-book, journals, and 

 all literary papers belonging to the Academy ; and all letters, after they have been recorded, shall 

 be kept by him on file. He shall keep a record of the proceedings of the Academy at its meetings ; 

 and after each meeting is duly opened by the presiding officer, the proceedings of the last meeting 

 shall be read by the Recording Secretary. 



3. Until the further order of the Academy, it shall be the duty of the Corresponding Secretary 

 to transmit to every Fellow thereof, residing in foreign countries, one copy of each volume of 

 Memoirs hereafter published, as soon as convenient. 



4. Any Fellow of the Academy residing without the limits of Massachusetts shall be entitled to 

 receive one copy of each volume hereafter published, by applying personally, or by written order, for 

 the same within two years after such publication. 



CHAPTER IV, 



Of the Treasurer and Vice-Treasurer. 



1. The Treasurer and Vice-Treasurer shall give such security, as the Academy may require, for 

 the trust reposed in them severally. 



2. The Treasurer shall receive officially all moneys or sums of money, due or payable, and all 

 bequests or donations made, to the Academy; and, by order of the President or presiding officer, 



direct 



expenditures. 



3. All moneys or sums of money which there shall not be present occasion to expend, shall be 

 put out at interest on such securities, or otherwise disposed of, as the Academy shall direct. 



4. The Treasurer shall keep a separate account of the income and appropriation of the Rumford 

 Fund, and report the same annually. 



5. The Treasurer s accounts shall be annually audited by a committee appointed by the Academy 

 for the purpose. 



6. In case of the death, resignation, or removal of the Treasurer, the Vice-Treasurer shall 

 discharge his duties. 



