Rules, 387 



reports and accounts from committees and officers, to 

 check irregularities, to preserve order during discussions, 

 to see that the regulations, standing orders, and rules of 

 the Society are observed, and to decide questions of 

 practice which may arise on the proceedings. 



80. At every meeting of the Society, whether general 

 or ordinary, the President, or, during his absence, a Vice- 

 President then present, elected by the ordinary members 

 then present, and if there shall be neither President nor 

 Vice-President present, a member of the council, elected 

 by the ordinary members present, or during the absence of 

 all the members of the council an ordinary member, 

 elected by the ordinary members present, shall take the 

 chair. 



81. The duties of the Secretary shall be to attend all 

 meetings of the Society and the council, to take minutes of 

 the proceedings at meetings of the Society and the council, 

 to conduct the correspondence of the Society, to take 

 charge of the diplomas and seal, to receive papers and 

 communications and lay them before the Society or the 

 council, to keep the register of members of the Society, 

 and to enter in such register the name of each member 

 in order as elected, and to issue the circulars convening 

 the meetings of the Society and the council. 



82. If either of the Secretaries be prevented from 

 attending any meeting of the Society or the council, he 

 may appoint a member of the council to officiate for him, 

 who shall for all purposes be deemed to represent the 

 Secretary. 



83. The duties of the Treasurer shall be to receive and 

 give effectual discharges for all sums of money which may 

 be due or payable to the Society ; to disburse all sums of 



c c 2 



