Jan., 1907. Annual Report of the Director. ioi 



Sec. 5. Patrons shall be chosen by the Board of Trustees, upon recom- 

 mendation of the Executive Committee, from among persons who have rendered 

 eminent service to the Museum. They shall be exempt from all dues, and by 

 virtue of their election as Patrons shall also be Corporate Members. 



Sec. 6. Honorary Members shall be chosen from among persons who 

 have rendered eminent service to science, art, or] mechanics. They shall be 

 chosen by a vote of the Trustees, and only upon unanimous nomination of the 

 Executive Committee. They shall be exempt from all dues. 



Sec. 7. All members of whatever class shall be eligible to appointment 

 upon committees other than the Executive Committee. 



ARTICLE II. 



OFFICERS. 



Section i. The respective members of the Board of Trustees now in 

 office, and those who shall hereafter be elected, shall hold office during life. 

 Vacancies occurring in the Board shall be filled by a majority vote of the 

 remaining members of the Board of Trustees at any regular meeting. 



Sec. 2. The other officers shall be President, two Vice-Presidents, Sec- 

 retary and Treasurer, and an Executive Committee of four persons, who shall 

 be chosen by ballot by the Board of Trustees from their own number as early 

 as practicable after the annual meeting in each year. The President shall be 

 ex-ofpcio a member of the Executive Committee and Chairman thereof, in addi- 

 tion to the other four members. The Secretary and Treasurer may, or may 

 not, be the same person, and the Secretary may, or may not, be a Corporate 

 Member. 



Any officer may be removed at any regular meeting of the Board of Trustees 

 by a vote of two-thirds' of all the members of the Board. Vacancies in any 

 office may be filled by the Board at any meeting. 



Sec. 3. The President shall appoint from among the Trustees a Com- 

 mittee on Finance, a Committee on Property, an Auditing Committee, and a 

 Committee on Buildings and Grounds, who shall serve during the pleasure of 

 the Board. 



Sec. 4. The officers shall perform such duties as ordinarily appertain to 

 their respective offices, and such other duties as the Board of Trustees may 

 from time to time devolve upon them. The Treasurer shall give bond in such 

 amount and with such surety as shall be approved by the Executive Committee, 

 and shall disburse the funds of the Museum only in accordance with the direc- 

 tions of the Executive Committee, upon the signature and counter-signature 

 of such officers as the Executive Committee shall empower thereto. 



Sec. 5. The Executive Committee shall have full control of the affairs of 

 the Museum, under the general supervision of the Board of Trustees. 



ARTICLE III. 



meetings. 



Section i. The annual meeting of the Corporate Members shall be held 

 upon the last Monday of January in each year. - At such meetings the Corporate 



