FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT 163 



ARTICLE IV. 



COMMITTEES. 



Sec. 1. There shall he two standing committees, the Executive Committee 

 and the Auditing Committee, wiiich shall hold office for one year or until their 

 successors are elected. 



Sec. 2. The Executive Committee shall consist of seven Managers, together 

 with the President and Secretary of the Society ex-officio. Four memhers shall 

 constitute a quorum, and all meetings shall be called by the Chairman. The 

 Executive Committee shall fill all vacancies in its own number and shall have the 

 full powers of the Board of Managers, except so far as such delegation of power 

 may be contrary to law. 



Sec. 3. The Executi\e Committee shall have the control and regulation of 

 the collections, library, and all other property of the Society, and shall have 

 power to purcliase, sell, and exchange specimens and books, to employ and control 

 all officials and ein]iloyees of the Society, Park, and Aquarium, and generally 

 to carry out in detail the directions of the Board of Managers and the terms of 

 any contract between the City, or Park Board, and the Society. 



Sec. 4. All the rules and regulations for the examination of applicants for 

 the various positions in the Park and Aquarium shall be made or approved by 

 the Executive Committee. 



Sec. 5. The Executive Conmiittee may regulate the auditing and ])ayment for 

 all current accounts. 



Sec. 6. The Executive Conunittee shall annually aj)p()int an Aquarium Com- 

 mittee, whose duties and jiowers are set forth in Section II of Article IV of 

 these By-Laws. 



Sec. T. The Executive Committee shall annually ap])oint a Nominating Com- 

 mittee, whose duties and powers are set forth in Sections (i and 7, Article II, of 

 these By-Laws. 



Sec. 8. It shall also appoint a Scientific Council, whose powers and duties 

 are set forth in Section 3 of Article V of these By-Laws. 



Sec. 9. The Committee shall make a written report at each regular meeting 

 of the Board of Managers. 



Sec 10. The Auditing Committee shall consist of three regular members of 

 the Society, in addition to the President and Secretary, members e.v-officio, and 

 vacancies shall be filled by the Executive Committee. It shall be the duty of 

 the Auditing Committee to audit, annually, the accounts of the Treasurer, of the 

 Director of the Zoological Park, and of the Director of the Aquarium, and any 

 other accounts of the Society, and shall report to the Board of Managers at its 

 annual meeting. 



Sec. II. The Executive Committee shall annually appoint an Aquarium 

 Committee, not to exceed eight members of this Society, who shall hold office imtil 

 their successors are chosen. All vacancies shall be filled by the Executive Com- 

 mittee. The Director of the Aquarium shall be ex-officio a member and the 

 Chairman of the Aquarium Conmiittee, and such C-ommittee may vest in him 

 any or all of its powers. The Chairman of the Executive Committee and the 

 Secretary of the Society shall also be ex-officio members of the Aquarium Com- 

 mittee. Three members shall constitute a quorum. The Executive Committee 

 may delegate to the Aquarium Committee such powers as it may deem proper. 



