Rules and orders of the Society.

  • Royal Society of Arts (Great Britain)
Date:
1819
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Rules and orders of the Society. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    purpose; this book shall be laid before the Committee of Accounts at every Meeting of the Committee. The sums thus expended shall be made good by a draft on the Banker. III. The Secretary shall read the whole of the Eleventh Section of the Book of Buies and Orders, at the time when the Standing Com¬ mittees are appointed to be declared in the Society ; and also at the opening of the Business in the General Committee of Election, ordered to be holden on the Friday following annually. And in consideration of his constant attendance, abilities, and diligence, he shall be paid a salary of two hundred and fifty pounds a-year, and be supplied with coals and candles. SECT. IV. Business of the Assistant-Secretary. I. The Assistant-Secretary shall attend every day at the Office of the Society from the hours of ten to two, during the Sessions of the Society, and such further time as may be necessary to perform the business of the Society in his department, and at all Meetings of the Society, and read the letters received. He shall likewise attend Committees, when particularly ordered by the Society, or by one of the Chairmen of such Committees. He shall take down all Minutes of the Society’s proceedings, and pro-