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DUTIES OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENTS. 
XXII. 
The President shall take the Chair at Meetings of Council and of the Fellows. 
It shall be his duty to see that the business is conducted in accordance with the 
Charter and Laws of the Society. When unable to be present at any Meetings or 
attend to current business, he shall give notice to the General Secretary, in order 
that his place may be supplied. In the absence of the President his duties shall 
be discharged by one of the Vice-Presidents. 
DUTIES OF THE TREASURER. 
XXIII. 
The Treasurer shall receive the monies due to the Society and shall make 
payments authorised by the Council. He shall lay before the Council a list of 
arrears in accordance with Rule VII. He shall keep accounts of all receipts 
and payments, and at the Statutory Meeting shall present the accounts for 
the preceding Session, balanced to the 30th of September, and audited by a 
professional accountant appointed annually by the Society. 
DUTIES OF THE GENERAL SECRETARY. 
XXIV. 
The General Secretary shall be responsible to the Council for the conduct of 
the Society’s correspondence, publications, and all other business except that 
which relates to finance. He shall keep Minutes of the Statutory and Special 
Meetings of the Society and Minutes of the Meetings of Council. He shall 
superintend, with the aid of the Assistant Secretary, the publication of the 
Transactions and Proceedings. He shall supervise the employees in the 
discharge of their duties. 
DUTIES OF SECRETARIES TO ORDINARY MEETINGS. 
XXV. 
The Secretaries to Ordinary Meetings shall keep Minutes of the Ordinary 
Meetings. They shall assist the General Secretary, when necessary, in superin- 
tending the publication of the Transactions and Proceedings. In his absence, 
one of them shall perform his duties. 
