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VI. Officers. 



A. President and Vice-Presidents. 



54. The President shall take the Chair at all meetings of the 

 Society or Council, and shall regulate the proceedings thereat. He 

 shall be a member of all Committees appointed by the Council or by 

 any General Meeting. 



55. In the case of an equality of votes at any Meeting, the Presi- 

 dent shall be entitled to a second or casting vote. 



56. In the absence of the President from any Meeting, it shall be 

 the duty of one of the Vice-Presidents to take the Chair, and he shall 

 for the time being have all the authority aud privileges of the 

 President. 



B. Treasurer. 



57. The Treasurer shall receive all moneys due to the Society, and 

 shall pay therefrom only such amounts as may be ordered by the 

 Council. 



58. All moneys received by the Treasurer shall be paid by him 

 to the Society's Bankers, a sum not exceeding 20Z. being retained for 

 the payment of current expenses. 



59. The Treasurer shall keep an account of his receipts and 

 payments, and shall produce the same whenever required by the 

 Council. 



60. The Treasurer shall lay before the Council at their meeting 

 in January a list of ail Ordinary Fellows in arrear of their annual 

 subscriptions. 



61. Two Ordinary Fellows, one a member, and the other not a 

 member of the Council, shall be appointed at the General Meeting in 

 January to audit the Treasurer's account for the past year. They 

 shall have the power of calling for all necessary books, papers, 

 vouchers, and information. 



62. The account so audited shall be signed by the Auditors, and 

 laid before the next succeeding Annual Meeting. 



C. Secretaries. 



63. The Secretaries shall take, or cause to be taken, minutes of 

 the proceedings of all Meetings, and produce and read them at the 

 ensuing Meetings ; they shall conduct the business and corre- 

 spondence of the Society ; and shall discharge all such other duties as 

 are usually discharged by Secretaries of Scientific Societies. 



64. The Council may appoint an Assistant Secretary and 

 Librarian, and assign to him such duties as it may think desirable, 

 at such remuneration as it may deem proper. 



