Chapter IV: Section IV: 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.