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disburse and lay out the same, according to their Orders; and at the end of each Year, pay the Sum remaining in his Hands to his Successor.
All Contracts and Assurances for Payment of Money to them, shall be made in the name of the Treasurer for the Time being, and declared to be in Trust for the Use of the Trustees.
The Trustees may appoint a Clerk, whose Duty in particular it shall be, to attend them in their general and special Conventions, to give Notice in Writing to the Members, of the Time, Place and Design of any special Meetings; to register all their Proceedings, and extract a State of their Accounts annually, to be published in the Gazette; for which they may pay him such Salary as they shall think reasonable.
The Trustees shall, with all convenient Speed, after signing these Constitutions, contract with any Person that offers, who they shall judge most capable, of teaching the Latin and Greek Languages, History, Geography, Chronology and Rhetorick; having great Regard at the same Time to his Polite Speaking, Writing, and Understanding the English Tongue; which Person shall in Fact be, and shall be stiled, the Rector of the Academy.
The Trustees may contract with the Rector for the Term of Five Years, or less, at their Discretion, for the Sum of Two Hundred Pounds a Year.
The Rector shall be obliged, without the Assistance of any Tutor, to teach twenty scholars, the Latin and Greek Languages, and at the same Time, according to the best of his Capacity, to instruct them in History, Geography, Chronology, Logick, Rhetorick, and the English Tongue; and Twenty-five Scholars more for every Usher provided for him, who shall be entirely subject to his Direction.
The Rector shall upon all Occasions, consistent with his Duty in the Latin School, assist the English Master, in improving the Youth under his Care, and superintend the Instruction of all the Scholars in the other Branches of Learning, taught within the Academy and see that the Masters in each Art and Science perform their Duties.
The Trustees shall, with all convenient Speed, contract with any Person that offers, who they shall judge most capable, of teaching the English Tongue grammatically, and as a Language, History, Geography, Chronology, Logick and Oratory; which Person shall be stiled the English Master.
The Trustees may contract with the English Master for the Term of Five Years, or less, at their Discretion, for the Sum of One Hundred Pounds a Year.

The English Master shall be obliged, without the Assistance of any Tutor, to teach Forty Scholars the English Tongue grammatically, and as a Language; and at the same Time, according to the best of his