Article XIII
Duties of the Vice President - Members
of Longest Standing to Preside in Certain Cases.
The Vice President shall in the absence,
resignation, or death of the President, do all and singular the duties required of the
President, and in absence of both, the eldest member of the Society present shall preside.
Article XIV
Duties of the Treasurer - To have
Charge of the Funds, and Give Bonds—At the Annual Meeting to make a Statement of the
Funds—His Compensation.
The Treasurer shall settle with and
receive all money in the hands of the Secretary quarterly, and oftener if he judge it
expedient. He shall collect the interest due on the Society’s funds, and shall once
in six months from the annual meeting in December, lay a statement of his accounts before
them; he shall pay all sums ordered by the President on account of the Society, and
whenever a new Treasurer shall be chosen, on his accepting the appointment, and before he
enters upon the duties of his office, he shall give to the Society a bond for the due
performance of the trust reposed in him, with one or more sureties, to the acceptance of a
committee of three members to be appointed at the annual meeting for that purpose. On the
election of a Treasurer for the succeeding year, and he having accepted and qualified
himself as aforesaid, all the securities and cash of the Society, shall be delivered
over to him by the President, for which the Treasurer shall give his receipts to the
Society, which receipt shall be kept by the President as evidence of the Society’s
funds in their Treasurer’s hands — and the President shall direct the Secretary
to record the same in the books of the Society. He shall at the annual meeting in
December, and before a Treasurer is chosen, present an exact statement of the funds with
the cash to balance his account before the Society; this being done to the satisfaction of
the members present, a vote of the Society shall discharge him and cancel his bond. As a
compensation therefore he shall receive such sum as the Society shall deem a just and
proper payment for the services rendered.
Article XV
Duties of the Secretary—How Members are to be Notified—To Collect Arrearages—To Notify the Committee of their Appointment—To Make a Yearly Statement of Sums Due from Members—His Compensation.