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provided  for;  and  authenticate  by  his  signature,  when  necessary, 
the  proceedings  of  the  Convention. 
Article  VIII.  He  shall  issue,  on  or  about"  the  first  of  May  of 
the  year  immediately  preceding  that  of  the  decennial  meeting,  a 
notice  inviting  the  several  bodies,  entitled  under  the  Constitution 
to  representation  therein,  to  send  delegates  to  the  next  meeting. 
He  shall  repeat  the  notification  eight  months  later,  and  shall  request 
the  medical  and  pharmaceutical  journals  of  the  United  States  to 
publish  the  call  for  the  said  meeting. 
Article  IX.  He  shall  present  at  each  decennial  meeting  an 
address,  embodying  such  subjects  as  may  seem  to  him  suitable  to 
the  occasion. 
Chapter  IL — Of  the  Secretary  and  Assistant  Secretary. 
Article  I.  The  Secretary  shall  keep  the  minutes  of  each  meet- 
ing and  carefully  preserve  all  reports,  essays,  and  papers  of  every 
description  presented  to  the  said  meeting  and  hold  them  subject 
to  the  order  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 
Article  II.  He  shall  read  all  papers  handed  to  him  for  that 
purpose  by  the  President,  and  shall  record  the  ayes  and  nays  when 
required;  he  shall  notify  the  Chairman  and  members  of  every 
committee  of  their  appointment,  giving  the  Chairman  a  list  of 
his  colleagues,  and  stating  the  business  upon  which  the  committee 
is  to  act. 
Article  III.  He  shall  act  as  Secretary  of  the  next  ensuing 
meeting  until  his  successor  shall  have  been  elected  and  qualified. 
Article  IV.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Assistant  Secretary  to 
aid  the  Secretary  in  his  official  duties,  or,  in  the  absence  of  the 
latter,  to  act  as  his  substitute. 
Chapter  III. — Of  the  Treasurer. 
Article  I.  The  Treasurer  shall  receive  all  moneys  coming 
from  any  source  to  the  corporation,  Board  of  Trustees,  or  Com- 
mittee of  Revision,  and  shall  pay  out  such  moneys  as  may  be 
directed  by  the  Board  of  Trustees. 
Article  II.  He  shall  pay  no  moneys  except  on  the  written 
order  of  the  Board  of  Trustees.  All  bills  must  be  accompanied 
by  proper  vouchers  and  all  payments  shall  be  by  checks,  and  such 
checks  drawn  by  the  Treasurer  for  the  payment  of  moneys  shall 
