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POWERS OF THE COUNCIL. 
XXL 
The Council shall have the following powers : — (1) To manage all business 
concerning the affairs of the Society. (2) To decide what papers shall be 
accepted for communication to the Society, and what papers shall be printed 
in whole or in part in the Transactions and Proceedings. (3) To appoint 
Committees. (4) To appoint employees and determine their remuneration. 
(5) To award the various prizes vested in the Society, in accordance with the 
terms of the respective deeds of gift, provided that no member of the existing 
Council shall be eligible for any such award. (6) To make from time to time 
Standing Orders for the regulation of the affairs of the Society. (7) To control 
the investment or expenditure of the Funds of the Society. 
At Meetings of the Council the President or Chairman shall have a casting 
as well as a deliberative vote. 
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 
