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

 dation 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. In commemoration of the 14th 

 day of October, honorary members shall not be more than fourteen in number at 

 any one time. 



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 mem- 

 bers of the Board of Trustees at any regular meeting. 



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

 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-officio a mem- 

 ber of the Executive Committee, in addition 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 Committee 

 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 directions 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 1. In commemoration of the discovery of America by Christopher 

 Columbus, the annual meeting of the corporate members shall be held on the 14th 

 day of October in each year, except when that day falls on a Sunday, and then 



