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by ballot a chairman and secretary from their body; the remaining twelve 

 members, exclusive of their officers, shall be formed into four departments, or 

 subcommittees, each composed of three members, agreeably to the nomination 

 of their chairman, viz : 



No. 1. — Corresponding Committee. 



The duty of this committee shall be to correspond with naturalists, or other 

 persons, in the different sections of the United States, to solicit and receive 

 all specimens and communications embraced in the objects of this Institute; 

 also to correspond with the amateurs of botany, natural history, agriculture, 

 &c. of other countries ; and, unless otherwise ordered by the Institute, to conduct 

 all correspondence. 



No. 2. — Committee on Mineralogy. 



To this committee shall be submitted all questions, communications, and speci- 

 mens of every kind, embraced in the 3d Article of the 1st Section of the consti- 

 tution, and when they shall have examined the same, they shall report the result 

 of their examination to the chairman of the General Committee. 



No. 3. — Committee on Botany and Agriculture. 



To this committee shall be submitted the execution of the 2d Article of the 

 1st Section of this constitution, and they shall arrange and deliver over to 

 the Curators such specimens as will not admit of cultivation. This committee 

 shall likewise be charged with the superintendence of the Botanical Garden, and 

 shall report to the General Committee the progress and state of the establish- 

 ment. 



No. 4- — Committee on General Subjects. 



To this committee shall be submitted all communications which may be 

 'received, connected with the 4th, 5th, and 6th articles of the 1st Section of this 

 constitution. This committee shall report to the General Committee on all 

 communications which are embraced in any or all of the aforesaid articles, and 

 shall endorse those which, in their opinion, are most worthy of publication ; they 

 shall then be delivered to the Curators for preservation. 



Art. 4. The General Committee shall have power to direct the application of 

 the funds of the Institute to such purposes as they may deem proper, according 

 to their discretion, in all cases, where a fund, by the condition of the donation, 

 is not appropriated to a particular purpose; and the said committee shall be 

 empowered to do all acts that will promote the general interests of the Insti- 

 tute, and they shall establish such rules and regulations for the preservation of 

 order and transaction of their business, as they may deem proper. 



Art. 5. The officers of the Institute and members of the General Committee 

 shall be chosen from the resident members, and be elected by a majority present, 

 on the stated meeting of October in every year. 



Art. 6. Seven members, exclusive of Officers, shall form a quorum to transact 

 business, except altering the constitution and electing honorary members, in 

 which cases, thirteen members, exclusive of officers, shall be required to form a 

 quorum. 



Art. 7. The election of new members shall take place on any stated meeting, 

 and shall be by ballot ; a majority of the members present shall elect. 



