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credit of an account opened in the name of the Royal 

 Society of Victoria. The Treasurer shall make all 

 payments ordered by the Council on receiving a 

 written authority from the chairman of the meeting. 

 All cheques shall be signed by himself, and counter- 

 signed by one of the Secretaries. No payments shall 

 be made except by cheque, and on the authority of the 

 Council. He shall keep a detailed account of all 

 receipts and expenditure, present a report of the same 

 at each Council Meeting, and prepare a balance-sheet 

 to be laid before the Council, and included in its 

 Annual Report. He shall also produce his books 

 whenever called on by the Council. 



Duties of secre- XVI. The Secretaries shall share their duties as they 

 may find most convenient. One or other of them shall 

 conduct the correspondence of the Society and of the 

 Council, attend all meetings of the Society and of the 

 Council, take minutes of their proceedings, and enter 

 them in the proper books. He shall inscribe the 

 names and addresses of all Members in a book to be 

 kept for that purpose, from which no name shall be 

 erased except by order of the Council. He shall 

 issue notices of all meetings of the Society and of the 

 Council, and shall have the custody of all papers of 

 the Society, and, under the direction of the Council, 

 superintend the printing of the Transactions of the 

 Society. 



Meetings of 

 Council. 



Quorum. 



XVII. The Council shall meet on any day within 

 one week before every Ordinary Meeting of the Society. 

 Notice of such meeting shall be sent to every Member 

 at least two days previously. No business shall be 

 transacted at any meeting of the Council unless five 

 Members be present. Any Member of Council absent- 

 ing himself from three consecutive meetings of Council, 

 without satisfactory explanation in writing, shall be 

 considered to have vacated his office, and the election 

 of a Member to fill his place shall be proceeded with at 

 the next Ordinary Meeting of Members, in accordance 

 with Law XIII. 



ofcouncif^ 1 "^ XVIII. One of the Secretaries shall call a Special 

 Meeting of Council on the authority of the President or 

 of three Members of the Council. The notice of such 



