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- XXIIIa. The President or Hon. Secretaries, or any three 
Members of the Council, may call a meeting of the Council, 
provided that due notice of the same has been sent to each Member 
of the Council at least three days before such meeting. 
Absence from Meetings of Council.—Quorum. 
XXIV. Any member of the Council absenting himself from 
three consecutive meetings of the Council, without giving a satis- 
factory explanation in writing, shall be considered to have vacated 
his office. No business shall be transacted at any meeting of 
the Council unless three members at least are present. 
Duties of Secretaries. 
XXY. The Honorary Secretaries shall perform, or shall cause 
the Assistant Secretary to perform, the following duties :-— 
1. Conduct the correspondence of the Society and Council. 
2. Attend the General Meetings of the Society and the 
meetings of the Council, to take minutes of the pro- 
ceedings of such meetings, and at the commencement 
of such to read aloud the minutes of the preceding 
meeting. 
3. At the Ordinary Meetings of the members, to announce 
the presents made to the Society since their last meeting ; 
to read the certificates of candidates for admission to 
the Society, and such original papers communicated to 
the Society as are not read by their respective authors, 
and the letters addressed to it. 
4. To make abstracts of the papers read at the Ordinary 
General Meetings, to be inserted in the Minutes and 
printed in the Proceedings. 
5. To edit the Transactions of the Society, and to superintend 
the making of an Index for the same. 
_6. To be responsible for the arrangement and safe custody 
___ of the books, maps, plans, specimens, and other property 
of the Society. 
