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iSec. 7. The custodian shall be a person of acknowledged scientific 

 attainments; he shall have general charge of the building and its 

 contents, shall have free access to all the collections at all times, and 

 shall act in concert with the curators, to whom he shall bear the relation 

 of adviser and assistant ; in case of the absence or neglect of curators, 

 he shall act in their stead, and perform their duties ; he shall prepare 

 and read at the annual meeting a report of the state of the museum, 

 compiled from the special report made to -him by the curators ; he 

 shall keep a book to be called the donation book, in which shall 

 be recorded, under their respective departments, all donations to the 

 museum, with the date and name of donor ; and he shall perform 

 such other duties as may be prescribed by the council, and mutually 

 assented to. 



Sec. 8. The curators shall be intrusted with the care of the 

 museum. They shall, as soon as possible, after a donation is made, or 

 specimens received, deposit them in their respective cabinets ; each 

 curator shall have his particular department allotted to him at the 

 time of his election, shall arrange the specimens in that department 

 according to some system approved by the custodian, and, so far as 

 jiracticable, label them Vith the names they bear in such system ; he 

 shall, also, as far as is practicable, keep a correct catalogue of articles 

 in his care, and shall be authorized to select duplicate specimens from 

 the cabinet, and, with the assent of the custodian, effect exchange there- 

 with; each curator shall make a written report to the custodian a 

 month previous to the annual meeting, concerning the collection under 

 his charge, the additions made during the year, and the important 

 deficiencies which exist. 



Sec. 9. The council shall control all expenditures of money, make 

 rules for the use of the library and museum, and special rules for the 

 direction of the librarian and custodian, and shall elect annually a 

 committee of five members, to be called the publishing committee ; 

 the council shall have full power to act for the interests of the society 

 in any way not inconsistent with the constitution and by-laws. 



Sec. 10. The council shall annually appoint three trustees, one of 

 Avhom shall be treasurer ex-officio, to whose charge shall be intrusted all 

 the funded property of the society, with power to sell and re-invest 

 according to their judgment. 



ARTICLE III. — OF ASSESSMENTS. 



Section 1. Every resident mefnber shall be subject to an annual 

 assessment of five dollars, payable on the first Tuesday of April in 

 each year, but no assessment shall be required of an}' member during 

 the six months succeeding his election. 



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