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Sl'XTT. 8. A Committee on Publications, wlio shall have the maiia:ie- 

 nient of all publications of the Institute, and reyulate the nnuiner of 

 their distribution. 



Sect. 9. A Lecture Committee, who shall have charire of all lectures 

 and public meetinp,s, except such as may be lield or ^ivcn for the ben- 

 efit of a special department of the Institute, and exci-pt I'ield Meet- 

 iniis. 



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

 shall be ex officio Chairman) who shall deteruiine 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 Aiuiual 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. 



Sect. 14. The Department of Manuscripts. 



Sect. 15. The Department of Archaeology, which shall iuchide Eth- 

 nology. 



Sect. 16. The Department of Numismatics. 



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

 alogy, and Palaeontology. 



Sect. 18. The Department of Botany. 



Sect. 19. 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 24. Regular Meetings shall be held on the tirst and third 

 Mondays of each month, at the Rooms of the Institute, at 7i 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, 

 tir at the written request o-f five raerabers. Business to be transacted 

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



