O SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



notice, by letter, to each of the members; and, 

 at any meeting of the Board, five shall constitute 

 a quorum to do business. Each member of the 

 Board shall be paid his necessary traveling and 

 other actual expenses, in attending meetings of 

 the Board, which shall be audited by the execu- 

 tive committee, and recorded by the Secretary of 

 the Board ; but his service as Kegent shall be 

 gratuitous. 



vM^lr!"' °^ '^'^ Sec. 5583. The Secretarv of the Board of Re- 



Ibid., s. 7, p. gents shall take charo'c of the building and 



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property of the Institution, and shall, under their 

 direction, make a fair and accurate record of all 

 their proceedings, to be preserved in the Institu- 

 tion ; and shall also discharge the duties of libra- 

 rian and of keeper of the museum, and may, with 

 the consent of the Board of Regents, employ 

 assistants. 



mofi^of ''secret Sec. 5584. Thc Secretary and his assistants shall 

 — ^ — '- respectively receive for their services such sums 



Ibid. ^ -^ 



as may be allowed by the Board of Regents, to be 

 paid semi-annually on the first day of January 

 and July ; and shall be removable by the Board 

 of Regents whenever, in their judgment, the 

 interests of the Institution require such removal. 



inlso'fnlrmbers' ^EC. 5585. The meuibcrs and honorary mem- 



ibid.,s.8. bers of the Institution may hold stated and special 

 meetings, for the supervision of the affairs of the 

 Institution and the advice and instruction of the 

 .Board of Regents, to be called in the manner 



