Oct. 1895. Annual Report of the Director. 55 



ation 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 Board of Trustees named in the articles of association 

 shall continue in office until the annual meeting in the year 1894, with power to 

 fill vacancies occurring in the meantime. Before the date of such annual meeting 

 said Trustees shall divide themselves by lot into three classes of five each, the 

 term of office of one class to expire at the annual meeting of 1894, of another 

 class at the annual meeting of 1895, and of another class at the annual meeting 

 of 1896. The Board of Trustees, at its last regular meeting before the annual 

 meeting in each year, shall elect by ballot from among the corporate members 

 five persons as Trustees -to serve for a term of three years, and until their 

 successors are elected and qualified, and vacancies in the Board of Trustees 

 occurring in the interval between such annual elections may be filled by a vote of 

 the Board 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. m&mher 

 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 witU 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. 



