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donations thereto; and shall report on its condition at the Annual 

 Meeting. 



Sect. 36. The Library Committee shall divide the books, and other 

 articles, belonging to the Library, into two classes; namely, (A) those 

 which are not to be removed from the building, except upon the written 

 permission of the Library Committee; (B) those which may circulate 

 under such rules as may be prepared by the Library Committee, and 

 approved by the Board of Directors, which rules shall have the force 

 of By-laws. A copy thereof shall be pasted on the cover of each 

 volume. 



Sect. 37. The Board of Directors shall have full power to transact 

 all the general business of the Institute, except the election of members 

 and otiicers ; and may, when they deem it best, refer any matter to the 

 general meeting of the Society for its action. They shall decide, 

 subject to the control of the Society, how and when the general re- 

 sources of the Society, not devoted to any particular department, shall 

 be expended; and shall assign all space or location of specimens for 

 each Department, and shall determine all questions that may arise 

 between any of the Curators. 



Sect. 38. The Curators shall have charge of their respective Depart- 

 ments, and shall have full power relating to the collection, care and 

 preservation of the specimens or materials relating thereto : provided, 

 however, that any alteration of the general plan or principle of arrange- 

 ment of any department and the removal of specimens or other mate- 

 rial except for the purpose of exchange, shall be made only with the 

 consent of the Board of Directors, or under such regulations as they 

 may, from time to time, prescribe. Curators shall have charge of all 

 Lectures, Exhibitions, or Entertainments, given for their respective 

 Departments. All moneys or funds that may at any time be raised by 

 any Curator, or that may come into his hands for the benefit of his 

 Department, and the net proceeds of any Lecture, Exhibition or En- 

 tertainment under his charge, shall be deposited by him with the 

 Treasurer, wlio shall give him a receipt therefor, and place the amount 

 to the credit of that Department. Each Curator shall have authority 

 to draw upon the Treasurer from time to time, for the purposes of his 

 Department, to the amount standing to its credit; excepting, however, 

 such funds as may be permanently invested, of which the income 

 only, shall be subject to such authority. P^acii Curator shall report on 

 the condition and wants of his Department, at the Annual Meeting. 



ARTICLE VII. — ASSESSMENTS. 



Section 39. An assessment of three dollars shall be paid by every 

 member on admission, and annually thereafter on the third Monday in 

 May. 



