500 BY-LAWS. s 
see that their contents are kept in the best order; shall se- 
lect a competent person as a porter or attendant, and this 
person shall be considered as under his immediate control. . 
He shall also, when convenient, attend personally, during 
the days of public visitation. sian ; 
Arr. 9. The Council shall provide suitable rooms for 
the meetings of the Society, for lectures, and for the Muse- 
um: they shall select the subjects of the lectures, regulate 
the order in which they shall be given, and determine on 
what terms the public may be admitted to them ; appoint 
Lecturers, and fix their compensation; authorize the ex- 
penditure of money for the increase of the Library and 
Museum, and designate the books which shall be purchased ; 
and do any other acts not inconsistent with the Constitution 
and By-laws, which they may think necessary to the con- - 
tinuation and success of the Society. i 
SECTION UL. fa 
—— OF ASSESSMENTS. 
Art. 1. Every member who shall have resided in the 
city of Boston, or within ten miles thereof, during the six 
c aths a ow the first of October in each year, or dur- 
; any part of said term, shall be subject to an annual 
assessment of three dollars, payable on that day ; Provided, 
that no assessment shall be required of any member during 
the six months succeeding his election. os : 
 Amr.92.. Any member who shall pay into the treasury 
at one time, the sum of thirty dollars, shall be exempt from 
the annual assessments. i 
Azr.3. Whenever a member of this Society shall be — 
come acquainted with a young man of good moral character, 
who is desirous of joining: the Society from a pure lore Vf 
Natural Science, and shall be aware of his inability to be- 
come a member should. an initiation or assessment fee be 
,— he shall be allowed to nominate the said ind 
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