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Art. VI. When a member of the Academy deposits in the museum 

 a sufficient number of articles to fill an entire case, the key of said 

 case shall be at all times at his command. 



Art. VII. Books or objects of natural history deposited with the 

 Academy shall be returned only on a request of the owners or their 

 representatives, and in all cases a receipt shall be given to the curators 

 on the articles being returned. 



AAt. VIII. No specimen which is not capable of being arranged 

 in the cabinet shall be received on deposit, unless the sanction of the 

 committee on the department in which the specimen may be classed, 

 and that of the curators, be first reported in writing. 



Art. IX. The museum of the Academy shall be open to the gra- 

 tuitous admission of the public on the afternoons of Tuesday and 

 Friday from one o'clock until sunset. 



CHAPTER IX. 



JOURNAL. 



Art. I. The committee of publication shall immediately after their 

 election appoint a secretary and treasurer, who shall keep correct 

 minutes of the financial and other concerns of the Journal. 



Art. II. If any member absent himself from the meetings of the 

 committee for three months, his place may be considered as vacant, 

 and may be supplied by the Academy. 



Art. III. It shall be the duty of the committee to receive all such 

 papers as have been pronounced worthy of publication by the Aca- 

 demy, to have them published as early as possible, and to follow in 

 the publication, as far as practicable, the order in which they have 

 been reported on. 



Art. IV. No author shall be permitted to make any other than 

 verbal alterations in a paper while in the hands of the publication 

 committee, without the consent of the Academy, and the committee 

 are not authorized to make any alteration in a paper committed to 

 them without the consent of the author. All alterations proposed 

 (other than verbal) must be read to the Academy. 



Art. V. Drawings shall be considered the property of the indi- 

 vidual who furnishes them, and shall be returned when called for. 



Art. VI. It shall be the duty of the publication committee to read 

 the proof-sheets of all papers, and when practicable they shall also be 

 submitted to the author for correction. 



