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Art. 2. The duties of the Vice President shall be the same 

 as those of the President, during his absence. 



Art. 3. The Secretary is to take and preserve correct 

 minutes of the proceedings of the Society, to notify all mem- 

 bers of their election, and all committees of their appointment ; 

 to keep a correct list of the members of the Society, with the 

 date of their election, resignation, or death ; to have charge of 

 the common seal of the Society, and to lay before the Society, 

 at its anniversary meeting in November, a written report of 

 its transactions during the preceding year. He is to maintain 

 and conduct the correspondence of the Society ; and to acknow- 

 ledge all donations made by those who are not members of the 

 Society. He is to notify all correspondents of their election, 

 and to keep a correct list of such elections, as well as of any 

 deaths, resignations, &c, that may occur, noting the time ; he 

 is also to keep correct copies of all letters written on the busi- 

 ness of the Society, to have the care of the certificates of 

 membership, and to have them filled up, signed, sealed, and 

 forwarded to correspondents, or delivered to members, provided 

 that they are not in arrears to the Society. 



Art. 4. He shall be Chairman of the Committee of Curators. 



Art. 5. Should the Secretary deem it necessary, he may 

 appoint an Assistant Secretary. 



Art. 6. The Assistant Secretary shall keep the rough min- 

 utes of the meetings of the Society, of the Standing Committee, 

 and Committee of Curators, and otherwise assist the Secretary 

 when required by him to do so. 



Art. 7. The Treasurer shall take charge of the funds of the 

 Association, and attend to the receipt and payment of 

 moneys, but no moneys are to be paid by him except by order 

 of the Secretary. He shall keep a clear and detailed state- 

 ment of all expenditures and receipts, and lay it before 

 the Society at every business meeting. 



Art. 8. The Curators shall take special interest in the 

 department to which they may be appointed, and shall report 

 everything worthy of note that may transpire. They shall 

 exert themselves in obtaining specimens in their departments 

 of Natural History, and shall report to the Society the names 

 of such works relating to the same, as may from time to time 

 be issued from the press, either of this country or Europe. 



They shall receive all papers and other written communica- 

 tions intended for publication, refer them to sub-committees 

 from among their own number for examination, and they shall 

 report upon the same to the Society. 



They shall superintend the publications ordered by the 



