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19. The Annual Abstract of the accounts shall be prepared so as 
to show the expenditure of the Society under the most important 
heads, viz. rent, salaries, purchase of collections, printing transactions, 
&c. &c. and it shall be presented at the Annual Meeting, and printed 
with the Report of the Council. 
20. The Secretary shall take minutes of the proceedings of the 
general, special, and annual meetings, and of the meetings of the 
Council, and enter them regnlarly in the minute book; he shall 
conduct the correspondence of the Society under the superintendence 
of the Council, and shall prepare and bring before the Council every 
thing that relates to the business of the Society, and carry their 
directions into effect. 
21. General Meetings of the Society shall be held on the first 
Wednesday in March, June, and December, in the principal Towns 
of the West Riding, for transacting the business of the Society, and 
for discussion. The members present at each meeting shall fix the 
place where the next meeting shall be held. 
22. The Annual Meeting shall be held in Wakefield in the 
Autumn, at such time as the Council may appoint, when the Officers 
and two Auditors shall be elected, the Accounts and Reports received, 
and the general business of the Society transacted. 
23. A Special General Meeting may at any time be called by the 
President, the Council, or by any Twelve Members in the same 
form as prescribed by Rule 16. 
24. At all General Meetings the President shall take the Chair, or 
in his absence a Chairman shall be elected. All questions shall be 
decided by a majority of the votes of the Members present, the 
Chairman, if necessary, having the casting vote. 
25. Those Members who intend reading Papers must give two 
months' notice of their intention to the Secretary, and send in their 
Papers for the inspection of the Council one month previous to the 
Meeting at which they are to be read. 
