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tliem at the ensuing Meeting ; read tlie scientific papers pre- 
sented to the Council^ if requested by the authors; and con- 
duct the correspondence of the Society. 
49. — The Council shall be empowered to appoint an Assis-" 
tant Secretary, and to assign to him such portion of tlie 
duties of Secretary as it may think desirable, at such remu- 
neration as the Council may deem proper. 
XI. — Scientific Papers. 
50. — All scientific papers shall be submitted to, and ap- 
proved by, the Council, previously to their being read at the 
Ordinary Meetings of the Society. 
51. — They shall be read in the order in which they have 
been received, unless the Council shall otherwise direct ; and 
the discussion of the subject of each paper shall immediately 
follow the reading thereof; but it shall be left to the discre- 
tion of the Chairman to take the discussion on two or more 
papers, on similar subjects, together. 
52. — The papers and illustrative drav/ings to be considered 
the property of the Society, unless the authors shall stipulate 
to the contrary. 
53. — Authors shall be at liberty to read their own papers. 
XII. — Publications, 
54. — The Transactions of the Society shall be published at 
such intervals, and on such conditions, as the Council shall 
think fit. 
55. — They shall consist of a selection from the papers 
which shall have been read at the Ordinary Meetings of the 
Society ; such selection to be made by the Council. 
56. — The authors of such papers as may be published by 
the Society shall be entitled to twelve copies, free of expense. 
XIII, — Library, 
57. — The books in the possession of the Society shall be 
allowed to circulate among the members, under such regula- 
tions as the Council may deem necessary, but they shall be 
returned to the library on or before the next Ordinary 
Meeting following that on which they may have been taken 
out. 
