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Treasurer shall receive all moneys paid to the Society, 

 and shall deposit the same before the end of each 

 month in the bank approved by the Council, to tlio 

 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. 



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

 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. 



XVII. The Council shall meet on any day within Meetings of 

 one week before every Ordinary Meeting of the Society. Counc,L 

 Notice of such meeting shall be sent to every Member 



at least two clays previously. No business shall be 

 transacted at any meeting of the Council unless five Quorum. 

 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. 



