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 CHAPTER X. 



OF THE MUSEUM. 



Art. I. No specimen in charge of the Concliological Section 

 of the Academy shall be loaned from the hall under any pre- 

 tence whatever, and all specimens presented to the Academy 

 by or through this Section are given strictly upon this condition, 

 unless otherwise stipulated by the donor. This restriction shall 

 not apply to unarranged duplicates. 



Art. II. The keys of the cases containing the collections 

 in charge of the Section shall be kept by the Conservator and 

 the members of the standing committees ; they only have au- 

 thority to open the cases, and they are responsible for all articles 

 confided to their care. 



Art. III. If any member desires to inspect very closely any 

 specimen in the collection for the purpose of study or descrip- 

 tion, he can do so on application to the Conservator or members 

 of the committee having it in charge. 



Art. IV. All articles in the collection must be properly 

 labelled as far as practicable. And the Conservator shall make 

 and publish an accurate and minute catalogue, naming every 

 specimen confided to his care. 



Art. V. Specimens or articles presented to the collection 

 shall be properly labelled and placed therein before the stated 

 meeting next succeeding the date of presentation, if possible. 



Art. VI. Collections bequeathed or given on condition that 

 they are not to be broken or distributed or the labels altered, if 

 accepted, may be kept in separate cases or in separate apart- 

 ments, and shall be designated and known by the name of the 

 donor or testator, or as he or she may direct ; and when ac- 

 companied by an endowment of a special curatorship it also 

 shall be officially designated by the same name as the collection 

 to which it may pertain. 



Art. VII. The Conservator shall dispose of duplicate speci- 

 mens by exchange or sale, only when authorized by a vote of 

 the Section ; but no specimen belonging to any collection specially 

 accepted by the Section under the provisions of the preceding 



