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BYE-LAWS. 
Committees. 
39 . TheStanding Committees shall be appointed by tbe Monthly 
Council in December, but shall not enter on their respective 
duties until the first day of January, nor remain in ofiBce after 
the 31st of December of the ensuing year, unless re-appointed. 
Any other Committees may be appointed at a Monthly Council. 
40. Each Committee, at its first Meeting, shall elect its own 
Chairman for the year, who shall always take the chair at the 
Committee, when present ; the chair being taken in his absence 
by a Chairman to be elected by the Committee for the occasion : 
and all Committees shall meet by summons issued by direction of 
their respective Chairmen, or of the President, or of any three 
Members of the Committee, or by adjournment. The President, 
Trustees, and Vice-Presidents shall be Members ex officio of all 
Committees, 
41. All Committees during their sittings may report the pro- 
gress of their proceedings to the Monthly Meetings of the Council, 
and shall sit till they have made their respective general reports ; 
but in case such reports shall not have been made previously to 
the 31st of December next following their appointment, their 
powers shall then cease. 
Secretary. 
42. The Secretary shall devote the whole of his time to the 
affairs of the Society, and shall be immediately responsible to 
the Council for the discharge of the various duties they require 
him to perform. He shall attend the sittings of all Meetings of 
the Council. He shall also attend on any Committee requiring 
his presence, when not in attendance on the Council. He shall 
take the minutes of the Council ; and also, Avhen attending upon 
any Committee, the minutes of such Committee, if required to do 
so by the Chairman. 
43. He shall conduct the correspondence of the Society, pre- 
serving the letters he may receive in a classified arrangement, 
and shall keep a daily register of correspondence in a classified 
form. He shall keep letter-books, in which copies of all letters 
shall be entered which he writes by direction of the President, 
Council, or Committees. 
44. Under the direction of the Finance Committee he shall 
