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repairs are necessary, and see that they are properly executed ; they 

 shall keep the keys of all cases in the museum, and have charge of it 

 under the rules prescribed in Chapter VIII ; they shall report all 

 additions made to the different departments under their charge, at the 

 last stated meeting in December. 



Art. VIII. The chairman of the curators shall attend daily at the 

 Hall from 2J p. m. until sunset, to perform the duties of his office. 



CHAPTER VI. 



COMMITTEES AND THEIR DUTIES. 



Art. I. There shall be fifteen standing committees, viz.: 1, the 

 Ethnological committee ; 2, the committee on Comparative Anatomy 

 and General Zoology ; 3, committee on Mammalogy ; 4, on Ornitho- 

 logy ; 5, on Herpetology and Ichthyology ; 6, on Conchology ; 7, on 

 Entomology; 8, on Botany; 9, on Palseontology ; 10, on Geology 

 and Mineralogy ; 11, on Physics ; 12, on the Library ; 13, on the 

 Proceedings ; 14, the Auditors, each to consist of three members ; 

 and 15, the Publication Committee, to consist of five members, whose 

 term of service shall be one year: and all these, except the Auditors 

 and Publication Committee, shall be elected at the last meeting in 

 January of each year. 



Art. II. The committees of auditors and of publication shall be 

 elected in the same manner and at the same time as the officers of the 

 Academy. 



Art. III. In appointing all other committees, the president is to 

 nominate the first member of it, who is to nominate a second, the 

 second a third, and in like manner successively, until the number 

 agreed on be completed. ' 



Art. IV. All committees must report in writing ; and every report 

 must be signed by a majority of the committee offering it. 



Art. V. All special committees must report at the meeting of 

 business next succeeding their appointment. 



Art. VI. The committee of auditors shall, in conjunction with the 

 treasurer, have the superintendence of the moneyed concerns of the 

 Academy ; they shall examine all bills, and, if correct, give an order 

 on the treasurer for the amount ; examine the treasurer's books and 

 accounts, keep correct minutes of their proceedings, and report at the 

 last stated meeting in December. 



Art. VII. The committee of publication shall conduct the publica- 



