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and countersigned by the President. In the absence or inability of the Director 

 warrants may be signed by the Chairman of the Finance Committee, and in 

 the absence or inabihty of the President, may be countersigned by one of the 

 Vice-Presidents. But no warrants shall be issued, except in conformity with 

 a regularly prepared voucher, giving the name of the payee and stating the 

 occasion for the expenditure, and verified and approved as hereinafter pre- 

 scribed. It shall be no part of the duties of the Treasurer to see that the 

 warrants have been issued in conformity with such vouchers. 



Sec. 2. The securities and muniments of title belonging to the Corporation 

 shall be placed in the custody of some Trust Company of Chicago to be de- 

 signated by the Board of Trustees, which Trust Company shall collect the 

 income and principal of said securities as the same become due, and pay same 

 to the Treasurer. Said Trust Company shall allow access to and deliver any 

 or all securities or muniments of title to the joint order of the following officers, 

 namely: The President or one of the Vice-Presidents, jointly with the Chair- 

 man, or one of the Vice-Chairmen, of the Finance Committee of the Museum. 



Sec. 3. The Treasurer shall give bond in such amount, and with such 

 sureties, as shall be approved by the Board of Trustees. 



Sec. 4. All vouchers executed for the payment of liabilities incurred in 

 the administration of the Museum, shall be verified by the Auditor, and ap- 

 proved for payment by the Director, and the Chairman of the Administration 

 Committee. All vouchers executed for expenditures for the construction or 

 reconstruction of the Museum building, or buildings, shall be verified by the 

 Auditor and approved for payment by the Chairman of the Building Committee. 

 All vouchers executed in connection with the investments of the Corporation, 

 or, in any way having to do with the endowment funds of the Corporation, 

 shall be verified by the Auditor and approved for payment by the Chairman 

 of the Finance Committee. 



ARTICLE V. 



THE DIRECTOR. 



Section i. The Board of Trustees shall elect a Director of the Museum, 

 who shall remain in office until his successor shall be elected. He shall have 

 immediate charge and supervision of the Museum, and shall control the opera- 

 tions of the institution, subject to the authority of the Board of Trustees and 

 its Committees. The Director shall be the official medium of communication 

 between the Board, or its Committees, and the scientific staff and maintenance 

 force. 



Sec. 2. There shall be four scientific departments of the Museum — 

 Anthropology, Botany, Geology, and Zoology, each under the charge of a 

 Curator, subject to the authority of the Director. The Curators shall be 

 appointed by the Board upon the recommendation of the Director, and shall 

 serve during the pleasure of the Board. Subordinate staff officers in the 

 scientific departments shall be appointed and removed by the Director upon 

 the recommendation of the Curators of the respective Departments. The 

 Director shall have authority to employ and remove all other employees of the 

 Museum. 



Sec. 3. The Director shall make report to the Board at each regular 

 meeting, recounting the operations of the Museum for the previous month. 



