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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. At the Annual 

 Meeting, the Director shall make an Annual Report, reviewing the work of the 

 Museum for the previous year, which Annual Report shall be published in pamphlet 

 form for the information of the Trustees and Members, and for free distribution in 

 such number as the Board may direct. 



ARTICLE VII. 



AUDITOR. 



Section i. The Board shall appoint an Auditor, who shall hold his office 

 during the pleasure of the Board. He shall keep proper books of account, setting 

 forth the financial condition and transactions of the Corporation, and of the Museum, 

 and report thereon at each regular meeting, and at such other times as may be 

 required by the Board. He shall certify to the correctness of all vouchers for the 

 expenditure of the money of the Corporation. 



ARTICLE VIII. 



COMMITTEES. 



Section i. There shall be five Committees, as follows: Finance, Building, 

 Auditing, Administration and Executive. 



Sec. 2. The Finance and Auditing Committees shall each consist of three 

 members, and the Building and Administration Committees shall each consist of five 

 members. All members of these four Committees shall be elected by ballot by the 

 Board at the Annual Meeting, and shall hold office for one year, and until their 

 successors are elected and qualified. In electing the members of these Committees, 

 the Board shall designate the Chairman and Vice-Chairman by the order in which 

 the members are named in the respective Committees; the first member named 

 shall be Chairman, the second named the Vice-Chairman, and the third named 

 Second Vice-Chairman, succession to the Chairmanship being in this order in the 

 event of the absence or disability of the Chairman. 



Sec. 3. The Executive Committee shall consist of the President of the Board, 

 the Chairman of the Finance Committee, the Chairman of the Building Committee, 

 the Chairman of the Administration Committee, the Chairman of the Auditing 

 Committee, and two other members of the Board to be elected by ballot at the 

 Annual Meeting. 



Sec. 4. Four members shall constitute a quorum of the Executive Committee; 

 three members shall constitute a quorum of the Administration Committee, and 

 in all other standing Committees, two members shall constitute a quorum. In 

 the event that, owing to the absence or inability of members, a quorum of the reg- 

 ularly elected members cannot be present at any meeting of any Committee, then 

 the Chairman thereof, or his successor, as herein provided, may summon any mem- 

 ber of the Board of Trustees to act in place of the absentee. 



Sec. 5. The Finance Committee shall have supervision of investing the endow- 

 ment and other permanent funds of the Corporation, and the care of such real estate 

 as may become its property. It shall have authority to invest, sell, and reinvest, 

 funds, subject to the approval of the Board. 



