PROCEEDINGS 1839 — 1840. 
Council in August, that they may be examined before being submitted 
to the auditors. 
18. All moneys received for the Society shall be paid into such 
bank as the Council shall appoint, and no sum exceeding two pounds 
shall be paid Avithout an order of the Council. 
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 transac- 
tions, &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 regularly in the minute book ; he shall con- 
duct 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 to^vns of 
the county, for transacting the business of the Society and for dis- 
cussion. 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 any twelve Members, in the same form 
as presented in Rule 16. 
24. At all General Meetings the President, if present, 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 
month's notice of their intention to the Secretary, and send in their 
