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CONSTI~~UTION OF THE SOCIETY. 13
used, shall be employed in sncll manner, for the benefit of the
Society, as the Executive Colnrriittee may direct.
ART. 1V.-The annual meeting of the Society shall be held
at such time and place, in tlie month of January, as the Execu-
tive Committee shall designate; and those members, not less
than ten, who meet at any annual or special meeting of the
Society, upon the call of the Executive Committee, shall be a
quorum for the transaction of business.
AXT. V.-The President, or in his absence, one of the Vice
Presidents, or in their absence, any member of the Society se-
lected on the occasion, shall preside at the annual or any specinl
meeting of the Soriety. Such residing officer shall preserve
order, regulate the order of proceedings, and give a casting vote
whenever the sarne is rcquircd.
ART. V1.--The Corresponding Secretary shall conduct the
correspondcncc of the Society; he shall preserve for the Society
the official communications addressed to him, and keep copies
of important official letters written by him; he shall collect,' or
cause to be collected, monies due to the Society, and pay the
same to the Treasurer; he shall give notice of the meetings of
the Society and of the Executive Committee; he shall edit and
wpervise, under the direction of the Publication Committee,
the publications of the Society; direct the literary exchanges;
and shall write out, and cause to be published, in one or more
of the Madison papers, the proceedings, or a synopsis thereof,
of the meetings of the Society and Executive Committee.
ART. VI1.-?'he Recording Secretary shall preserve a full
and correct record of the proceedings of all meetings of the
Society and Executive Committee, to be entered on his book in
ehronological .order. These records shall always be open for
the inspection of any member of the Society.
ART. VII1.-The Treasurer shall receive, and have charge
of all dues, and donations, and bequests of money, and all funds
whatsoever of the Society, and shall pay such sums as the Exec-
utive Committee may, from time to time, direct, on the warrant
of the chairman of said Committee; and he shall make an