CHAPTER III.

OF THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENTS.

SECTION 1. The president is to preside at the meetings, to preserve order, to regulate the debates, to state and put questions agreeably to the sense and intention of the members, and to announce the determination of the society thereupon.

2. But in the absence of the president from a meeting, his duties shall be devolved upon the vice presidents in rotation; or at his request, when present, his duties may be performed by either of the vice presidents.

3. If the president and vice presidents be absent, the members met shall appoint one of their number to take the chair for the time.

4. At the close of each year, or as soon thereafter as may be, the president shall present to the society a statement of its most important transactions during the year, accompanied by a general view of its affairs, and by such suggestions in regard to them as he shall judge proper.

CHAPTER IV.

OF THE SECRETARIES.

SECTION 1. The secretaries shall minute the proceedings of the society at the meetings, and in the interval between meetings shall fairly transcribe their minutes into a book of records: they shall read all pa

pers which are required to be read at the meetings, and shall preserve in regular files all documents presented to the society: they shall give notice to new members of their election, acknowledge in writing the receipt by the society of all donations and communications, and generally conduct all its correspondence, unless it shall be otherwise ordered by the society.

2. Two of them, at least, shall officiate at every meeting; and unless a different arrangement shall be made and announced by them at the beginning of the year, the first and third named on the list of secretaries shall be considered responsible for the performance of all the duties of the office during the first, third, fifth, seventh, ninth, and eleventh months of the year, and in like manner the second and fourth named on the list, during the alternate months.

CHAPTER V.

OF THE CURATORS.

SECTION 1. The curators shall have charge of the Cabinet and Museum of the society, and shall be responsible for its preservation and security: they shall classify and arrange the articles therein; and shall preserve an exact list of them, with the names of the donors.

2. One of them, at least, shall be in attendance as curator at every meeting; and unless a different arrangement shall be made and announced by them at the beginning of the year, they shall be considered severally responsible in monthly rotation for the performance of all the duties of the office.

CHAPTER VI.

OF THE TREASURER.

SECTION 1. The treasurer shall collect and receive all moneys belonging to the society, or entrusted to its care, unless otherwise specially directed; and he shall disburse or apply the same upon the orders, or according to the appropriations made by the society, duly certified to him by the presiding officer and secretary for the time.

2. He shall keep regular accounts; and on the first Friday of December in every year, and as much oftener as may be required, he shall present to the society a full report on the state of its funds.

3. He shall preserve for the use of the society at elections and meetings a catalogue of all the members; designating thereon as a distinct class those who have. paid the admission fee and the annual contributions, and noting opposite to their names the several meetings of the society at which they have attended during the year.

4. On the expiration of his office he shall deliver up to his successor, the books, papers, vouchers of property, and moneys remaining in his hands:

5. And to secure the faithful execution of all his trusts, he shall, before he enters upon his office, give bond and security to the society, in such amount as the committee of finance shall judge proper; which bond shall, without renewal, apply to the several years for which he may be re-elected the treasurer.

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CHAPTER VII.

OF THE OFFICERS AND COUNCIL.

SECTION 1. The officers and council shall meet to-

gether statedly, on the second Friday of February, May,

August and November respectively, at the same hour

in the evening at which the stated meetings of the

society are appointed to be held; and specially at

such times as they may judge proper.

2. They shall keep regular minutes of their pro-

ceedings, to be laid before the society at their stated

meetings on the third Fridays of the same months re-

spectively.

3. They shall, from time to time, lay before the

society such measures as in their judgment will con-

duce to the well-governing and ordering the affairs of

the society, or promote the objects of their institution;

particularly, they shall recommend subjects for pre-

miums to be offered by the society, with the conditions

on which they shall be awarded.

4. To them shall be referred all communications

from candidates for premiums, whether the Magellanic

or those offered by the society, on which they shall

make reports without unnecessary delay.

5. The president and senior secretary of the society,

shall be ex officio the president and clerk at their
meetings; and seven of their number shall be a quo

rum.

CHAPTER VIII.

OF THE LIBRARIAN.

SECTION 1. A member of the society, or some other suitable person, shall be chosen at the stated meeting on the third Friday of January in each year, to be the librarian of the society.

2. He shall have the custody and care of the books and papers belonging to the society, which he shall dispose and arrange in such a manner as shall be judged most convenient, and shall keep an arranged catalogue of them, with the names of the donors. He shall assist the curators in their charge of the Cabinet and Mu

seum.

3. He shall attend at the library on every Friday evening, from seven o'clock till nine, and shall then and at such other times as he may think proper, lend out to any resident member of the society, who is not indebted to him for fines or forfeitures, any books belonging to the library, except the last volumes and loose numbers of periodical journals, and except recent donations made to the society, which shall not be lent out; taking from each member borrowing a book an obligation with a sufficient penalty to return the same uninjured, within one month thereafter, subject to a fine of fifty cents at every stated meeting that shall occur after the limited period before he returns the book, and a forfeiture of double the value of the book, or of the set of which it is one, if not returned in six months after being borrowed.

4. He shall levy and collect these fines and forfeitures, and pay over the moneys thence arising to the treasurer at the end of his official year, in aid of the appropriation for the library.