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f>(l, and shall koep the key tlioveof. He shall arrange the sp(>('lniens 

 after some approved system, and so far as is practicable, label them 

 with the names they l)ear in snch system. The Curators shall keep a 

 correct catalogue of articles in their care, and shall be alone authorized 

 to select du])licate specimens from the cabinet, and effect exchanges. 

 At the annual meeting, or whenever the Council requires, they shall 

 individually report to the Society the condition of their sevei'al de])art- 

 ments, the additions made during the year, and the deficiencies which 

 exist. 



Sectiox 6. The Council shall have the general charge of the build- 

 ing belonging to the St)ciety, or one which the Society may lease ; shall 

 see that its contents are kept in the best order, and may select a com- 

 petent person, if necessary, as a Janitor or attendant, who shall be 

 imder their immediate control. They shall report on what repairs are 

 necessary and see that they art! pnjperly executed ; shall pi-ovide for 

 the accommodation of the Society and its museum, also for public 

 lectures when such shall be iletermined upon ; shall a])point the lec- 

 turers and arrange their compensation: shall regulate the order in 

 which the lectures shall l)e given, and the terms upon which the public 

 may be admitted to them; shall authorize all expenditures of money 

 for the increase of the museum ; and generally shall do any and all 

 other acts not specially provided for in the Constitution and By-laws, 

 and which are not inc<jnsistent with the same, and which they may 

 think necessary to the continuation and success of the Society. 



Section 7. It shall be the duty of the Auditor to examine all bills, 

 and if correct give an order on the Ti-easurer for the amount ; exam- 

 ine the Treasurer's books and accounts ; keep correct miimtes of their 

 proceedings, and report at the annual meeting in each year. 



CHAPTER III. 



COMMITTEES AND THEIK DUTIES. 



Section 1. At the annual meeting of the Society, the President 

 shall appoint twelve .Standing Committees, each to consist of three 

 members, whose term of service shall be one year, viz : 



1. Committee on Ethnology. 



2. Committee on Comparative Anatf)my and Genei'al Zoology. 



3. Committee on Mammalogj. 



4. Committee on Ornithology. 



5. Connnittce on Ilerpetology and Ichthyology. 



6. Comniittee on Invertebrata. 



7. Ccmmiittee on Entomology. 



8. Committee on Botany. 



, 9. Comihittee on Paleontology. 



