ARTICLE VI 



THE DIRECTOR 



Section 1. 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 im- 

 mediate charge and supervision of the Museum, and shall control the operations 

 of the Institution, subject to the authority of the Board of Trustees and its Com- 

 mittees. The Director shall be the official medium of communication between the 

 Board, or its Committees, and the scientific staff and maintenance force. 



Section 2. There shall be four scientific Departments of the Museum — 

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

 Curator, subject to the authority of the Director. The Chief 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 Depart- 

 ments shall be appointed and removed by the Director upon the recommendation 

 of the Chief Curators of the respective Departments. The Director shall have 

 authority to employ and remove all other employees of the Museum. 



Section 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 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 



THE AUDITOR 



Section 1. 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 bills 

 rendered for the expenditure of the money of the Corporation. 



ARTICLE VIII 



committees 



Section 1. There shall be five Committees, as follows: Finance, Building, 

 Auditing, Pension, and Executive. 



Section 2. The Finance Committee shall consist of not less than five or more 

 than seven members, the Auditing and Pension Committees shall each consist of 

 three members, and the Building Committee shall 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 mem- 

 bers are named in the respective Committee; 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. 



Section 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 Auditing Committee, the Chairman of the 

 Pension Committee, and three other members of the Board to be elected by 

 ballot at the Annual Meeting. 



Section 4. Four members shall constitute a quorum of the Execuitve Com- 

 mittee, and in all standing Committees two members shall constitute a quorum. 

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

 the regularly elected members cannot be present at any meeting of any Com- 

 mittee, then the Chairman thereof, or his successor, as herein provided, may 

 summon any members of the Board of Trustees to act in place of the absentee. 



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