BY-LAWS 



OF THE 



CARNEGIE INSTITUTION OF WASHINGTON 



i . The officers of the Board of Trustees shall be a Chairman, a 

 Vice Chairman, and a Secretary, all of whom shall be chosen 

 biennially, by ballot. 



2. The annual meeting of the Board shall be held in Washington, 

 on the second Tuesday of December, beginning with the year 1903. 

 Other meetings of the Board may be called by the Executive Com- 

 mittee on twenty days' notice to each member of the Board, and they 

 shall be called in the same manner by the Chairman of the Board or 

 by the Secretary, on the written request of seven members of the 

 Board. 



3. The Trustees, by ballot, shall appoint a President of Carnegie 

 Institution, whose term of office shall be five years. He may or may 

 not be a member of the Board of Trustees. 



4. The Trustees, by ballot, shall designate seven Trustees as an 

 Executive Committee. Their terms of office shall be three years, 

 and the members shall be reeligible. The Committee shall deter- 

 mine by lot the term of office. Any person elected to fill a vacancy 

 shall be chosen for the unexpired part of his predecessor's term. 



5. The fiscal year of the Institution shall be from November 1 to 

 October 31, inclusive. 



6. There shall be a Finance Committee consisting of three mem- 

 bers of the Board, to be elected by the Board, to hold office until 

 their successors are elected. The duty of such Finance Committee 

 shall be to consider and recommend to the Board of Trustees such 

 measures as it may believe will promote the financial interests of the 

 Institution. 



7 . The Executive Committee shall , when the Board is not in session 

 and has not given specific directions, have charge of all arrangements 

 for administration, research, and instruction ; designate advisory 

 committees for specific duties ; determine all payments and salaries ; 

 keep a written record of all their transactions and expenditures, and 

 submit to the Board of Trustees at the annual meeting a report 



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