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6. Report of Auditing Committee. 
7. Report of Director of Zoological Park. 
8. Report of the Director of the Aquarium. 
9. Election of Officers. 
10. Election of Committees. 
11. Election of new members. 
12. Communications. 
13. Miscellaneous business. 
Sec. 13. All reports and resolutions shall be in wriitng, and the ayes and 
nays may be called on any resolution at the request of one Manager. 
Sec. 14. Whenever the funds of the Society shall permit, the Board of Man- 
agers or the Executive Committee may award medals or other prizes for merito- 
rious work connected with the objects of the Society. 
ARTICLE III. 
OFFICERS. 
Sec. 1. The officers of the Society shall consist of a President, two Vice- 
Presidents, a Treasurer, a Secretary, and a Director of the Zoological Park. 
These officers, with the exception of the Director, shall be elected at the annual 
meeting of the Board of Managers, but any vacancy may be filled for an unex- 
pired term by the Board of Managers, or by the Executive Committee, until the 
next annual election. 
Src. 2. The President shall preside at all meetings of the Board and of the 
Society, and shall be ex-officio a member of the Executive and Auditing Com- 
mittees. 
Src. 3. The Vice-Presidents shall, in the absence of the President, perform 
his duties and possess his powers, acting in the order of their election. 
Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall receive, collect and hold, subject to the order 
of the Board of Managers, or the Executive Committee, all dues, subscriptions, 
warrants from the City, fees and securities. He shall pay all bills as ordered by 
the Board of Managers or the Executive Committee, and shall report to the 
Society at its annual meeting, and to the Board of Managers at all regular meet- 
ings, and to the Executive Committee at each meeting. He shall keep all moneys 
and securities in some bank or trust company to be approved by the Board of 
Managers or Executive Committee. The books of the Society shall at all times 
be open to the inspection of the Managers. 
Src. 5. The Secretary shall be a salaried officer of the Society. He shall be 
present, unless otherwise relieved by the Board or Executive Committee, at all 
meetings of the Society, of the Board and of the Standing Committees. He shall 
keep a careful record of all proceedings, shall have the custody of the seal, 
archives and books, other than books of account, and shall conduct the corre- 
spondence of the Society. He shall issue all notices and tickets, and shall per- 
form such other duties as the Board may direct. He shall be a member ex-officio 
of the Executive, Aquarium, and Auditing Committees, and of the Scientific 
Council. 
Sec. 6. The Director of the Zoological Park shall be elected annually by the 
Executive Committee at a salary to be determined by said Committee, and shail 
hold office until removed or his successor chosen by said Committee. He shall 
