39. In concert with the Secretaries, the Treasurer shall keep a complete List of the Fellows of the Society, with the name and address of each accurately set forth; which List, with the other Books of Account, shall be laid on the table at every Ordinary Meeting of the Council.
40. He also shall pay all accounts due by the Society, after they shall have been examined and approved by the Council. All drafts on the Banker shall be signed at a Council Meeting by the Chairman, Treasurer, and one of the Secretaries. And the Accounts of the Treasurer shall be annually audited by two Fellows, proposed by the President, and approved by the Ordinary Meeting held next before the Anniversary.
Duties of Secretaries.
41. The Secretaries shall have a general charge of all the arrangements, and of the execution of all the orders, of the Council and of the Society. They shall conduct the correspondence; attend the Meetings; take Minutes of the proceedings during their progress; and, at the commencement of every Meeting, read the Minutes of the previous Meeting. At the Ordinary Meetings they shall announce the presents received since the last Meeting. They shall make a note of the Papers read at the Ordinary Meetings, to be inserted in the Minutes; and see that all such Minutes of the proceedings, whether of the Society or of the Council, are entered in the several Minute-Books. They shall also make the Indexes and edit the Society’s Transactions.
42. The Secretaries shall have also the immediate superintendence of all persons employed by the Society; and charge of its Books, Papers, Maps, Specimens, and Drawings. They shall see that all accessions to them are properly placed and catalogued.
43. Conjointly with the Treasurer, they shall have charge of the accounts of the Society. And no account shall be brought before the Council, until they or one of them, attest in writing that they have examined it, and believe it to be accurate.
Property of the Society.
44. The whole of the property and effects of the Society, of what kind soever, shall be vested in three Trustees, for its use: one of whom shall always be the Treasurer for the time being; and the other two shall be chosen at a General Meeting of the Society.
Original Papers.
45. Every Paper which may be presented to the Society shall, in consequence of such presentation, be considered as the property of the Society, unless there shall have been any previous engagement with its author to the contrary: and the Council may publish the same in any way, and at any time, that they may think proper. But should the Council refuse or neglect, within a reasonable time, to publish such Paper, the author shall have a right to copy the same, and publish it under his own directions. No other person, however, shall publish any Paper belonging to the Society, without the previous consent of the Council.