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Sect. 8. A Committee on Publications, who shall have the manage- 

 ment of all publications of the Institute, and regulate the manner of 

 tlieir distribution. 



Sect. 9. A Lecture Committee, who shall liave charge of all lectures 

 and public meetings, except such as may be held or given for the ben- 

 efit of a special department of the Institute, and except Field Meet- 

 ings. 



Sect. 10. A Committee on Field Meetings (of which the Secretary 

 shall be ex officio Cliairman) who shall determine when and where 

 Field Meetings shall be held, and shall have the general management 

 of the same. 



Sect. 11. Each of these Committees, unless herein otherwise pro- 

 vided for, shall choose a Chairman, whose election shall be immedi- 

 ately certified to the Secretary, and such election shall constitute him 

 a Director. 



Sect. 12. The several Committees shall report at the Annual Meet- 

 ing. 



ARTICLE IV. — DEPARTMENTS. 



The Management of the Institute shall be divided into the follow- 

 ing Departments : — 



Section 13. The Department of History, which shall include His- 

 torical Materials and Antiquities. 



SEcr. 14. The Department of Manuscripts. 



Sect. 15. The Department of Archteology, which shall include Eth- 

 nology. 



Sect. 16. The Department of Numismatics. 



Sect. 17. The Department of Geology, which shall include Miner- 

 alogy, and Palaeontology. 



Sect. 18. The Department of Botany. 



Sect. 10. The Department of Zoology. 



Sect. 20. The Department of Horticulture. 



Sect. 21. The Department of Technology. 



Sect. 22. The Department of Music. 



Sect. 23. The Department of Art, embracing Painting, Sculpture, 

 and Engraving. 



ARTICLE v. — MEETINGS. 



Section 2i. Regular Meetings shall be held on the first and third 

 Mondays of each month, at the Rooms of the Institute, at T-i o'clock, 

 p. M. The second meeting in May shall be the Annual Meeting. 



Sect. 25. Special Meetings may be called by order of the President, 

 or at the written request of five members. Business to be transacted 

 at a special meeting shall be limited to the subjects stated in the call. 



