_Special Duties of the Officers_.
RULE I. The President, or one of the Vice-Presidents, shall preside at
all Meetings, or, in their absence, such other Proprietor shall preside
as may be appointed provisionally.
RULE II. The President or Provisional Chairman shall have a casting vote
at all Meetings. (See Sect. II. Rule VII.)
RULE III. The President or Provisional Chairman shall sign the Minutes
of Proceedings made at all Meetings.
RULE IV. The President shall have charge of the Original of the
Declaration and Signatures of the Proprietors of the Institution, and
shall also have the custody of the Register of Shares.
RULE V. The President shall sign all Certificates of Shares and
Transfers of Shares.
RULE VI. The Treasurers shall receive all monies payable or due to the
Institution, and shall place the same to the account of the Institution
at the Bankers.
RULE VII. The Treasurers shall make all payments by draft on the
Bankers, to be countersigned by the Secretary, or, in his absence, by a
Deputy: the signature of one Treasurer to such draft shall be sufficient.
Their accounts shall be made up at the usual Quarter Days, and audited,
ready to be presented at the then next periodical Meeting of the
Committee.
RULE VIII. The Secretary shall conduct and record the Correspondence of
the Institution, and keep Minutes of the Proceedings of the Committee,
and of the General Meetings of Proprietors.
RULE IX. He shall convene all Meetings by Written Notices.
RULE X. He shall fill up and countersign all Certificates of Shares, and
Transfers of Shares.
RULE XI. He shall have the custody of all the Printed Copies of the
Rules of the Institution.
RULE XII. He shall keep the Duplicate of the Declaration, signed by the
Proprietors.
RULE XIII. He shall be a Member of all Committees, and, in his absence,
a Deputy may be appointed at any Meeting then assembled.
RULE XIV. The Medical Officers shall, as often as they deem it
expedient, or may be required by the Committee, visit the School for the
purpose of ascertaining the state of cleanliness and ventilation of the
School, and all other matters that may conduce to the health of the Boys;
and shall make such Report to the Committee as the case may require.
RULE XV. They shall particularly attend to any appearance of contagious,
infectious, or epidemic disorders, and if they apprehend the existence of
any such disorders, or have reasonable grounds to expect that they may be
likely to appear, they shall forthwith report the same to the Committee,
or take such steps as the urgency of the case may require.
RULE XVI. The Architect shall from time to time examine the Buildings
belonging to the Institution, and report upon the state of the same,
suggesting to the Committee what alterations, improvements, or repairs,
may be necessary. He shall superintend all the alterations and repairs,
and examine the estimates and charges for the same, and report whether
the works be properly done, and whether the costs be reasonable.
RULE XVII. There shall be two Auditors appointed at every Annual General
Meeting, who shall audit the Accounts of the Institution, and report
thereon to the Committee.—The Auditors shall not be Members of the
Committee.