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§ 6. Nine members of the Institute, regularly convened, 

 shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, 

 and five members of either of the Departments regularly 

 convened, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 

 business in such department. 



§ 7. The books now belonging to or hereafter coming into 

 the possession of the aforesaid Departments, shall be depo- 

 sited in the library of the said corporation, and all specimens 

 of natural history or the arts, now or hereafter belonging 

 to or coming into the possession of either of the said 

 departments, shall be deposited in the museum of the said 

 corporation. 



§ 8. The corporation shall have power to make, consti- 

 tute, ordain and establish such by-laws and regulations as 

 they shall judge proper for the election of their officers, for 

 prescribing their respective functions and the mode of 

 discharging the same, for the admission of new members, 

 for the government of the officers and members thereof, 

 for collecting the fines, impositions and annual contribu- 

 tions from the members, for regulating the times and 

 places of meeting, and for managing and directing the 

 affairs and concerns of the said corporation. 



§ 9. The legislature may at any time hereafter amend, 

 modify or repeal this act. 



