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ARTICLE VI. 



THE DIRECTOR. 



Section i. 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 immediate 

 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 Committees. 

 The Director shall be the official medium of communication between the Board, or 

 its Committees, and the scientific staff and maintenance force. 



Sec. 2. There shall be four scientific departments of the Museum — Anthro- 

 pology, Botany, Geology and Zoology, each under the charge of a Curator, subject 

 to the authority of the Director. The 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 departments shall be appointed 

 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 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 vouchers for the 

 expenditure of the money of the corporation. 



ARTICLE VIII. 



COMMITTEES. 



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

 Auditing, Pension, Administration and Executive. 



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

 three members, and the Building and Administration Committees shall each consist 

 of five members. All members of these five 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 Com- 

 mittees, the Board shall designate the Chairman and Vice-Chairman by the order 

 in which the members 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. 



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, 



