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been audited by the Committee of Finance, or the discharge of which 
shall have been ordered by the Academy ata regular business meet- 
ing. He shall furnish the Committee of Finance, on due applica- 
tion, with such information of the state of the funds as they may 
require; and shall report to the Academy, at each business meeting, 
the condition of its finances, and on the fourth Monday of February, 
the receipts and expenditures of the entire year. 
5. The Librarian shall have immediate supervision and care of 
the Library, under the general authority of the Library Committee 
of the Council. All accessions to the Library shall pass through 
his hands, and he shall enter the titles to the same in a suitable 
book kept for that purpose. He shall indelibly stamp every book, 
pamphlet, paper, or other matter, with the stamp of the Society, 
as prescribed by the Library Committee or Council. He shall 
periodically make a detailed report of accessions, and on the fourth 
Monday in February shall make an Annual Report on the condi- 
tion of the Library. 
6. The Curators shall be separately charged with the safe-keeping 
and arrangement of the several collections, and with the keys of 
the cabinets. Each Curator shall have his particular department 
allotted to him when elected. All regulations made by the Cura- 
tors shall be reported to the Council, and approved of by the 
Academy, before such regulation shall come into operation. 
7. The Curator having charge of any division of the collection, 
shall alone be authorized to select duplicate specimens from such 
division for the purpose of exchange or donation; but no exchange 
or donation shall be made, except such as is authorized by a vote 
of the Society. 
8. The increase and improvement of the collections being the 
inducement to exchange, it shall be the duty of the Curators to 
report to the Society all such opportunities to exchange as would 
favor this object. 
CHAPTER V.—Of the Council. 
1. The President, Vice-Presidents, and Secretaries of the Acad- 
emy, shall hold the same offices in the Council. In the absence of 
any of them, officers pro tempore may be appointed. 
2. The Council shall meet at least once a month, within ten 
days preceding the regular business meeting of the Academy. 
Minutes shall be kept of its proceedings, which may be called for 
at any business meeting, upon a vote of the Academy. Matters of 
