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The Board of Trustees may exempt a member from payment of fees 

 when, from peculiar circumstances, they shall deem it for the interests 

 of the Academy to do so. 



Article III.— COMMITTEES. 



Section i . The Standing Committees shall consist of an Executive 

 Committee, and Committees on Finance, on the Museum, on the Li- 

 brary, and on Publication. The President shall appoint all the stand- 

 ing committees, with the exception of the Executive Committee, at the 

 annual meeting or the first regular meeting thereafter. 



Section 2. The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees shall 

 consist of five members; and the President, Curator, Librarian, Re- 

 cording Secretary, and Treasurer shall, ex officio, constitute the same. 

 This committee, under the direction of the Board, shall be empowered 

 to provide fuel and other needed supplies, to order necessary repairs, 

 to direct as to all ordinary matters of daily routine, and to exercise 

 general supervision over the property and affairs of the Academy. 

 The Executive Committee shall keep a record of their doings and ex- 

 penditures, which shall be submitted to the Board of Trustees for re- 

 view and confirmation. 



Section j. The Committee on Finance shall consist of three mem- 

 bers, and it shall be their duty to take into consideration all subjects 

 directly connected with the financial interests of the Academy; to rec- 

 ommend from time to time such action as may seem advisable for 

 raising necessary funds for regular or extraordinary expenses, and at 

 each annual meeting to present an estimate of the funds required for 

 the ensuing year, with suggestions in reference to the best possible 

 means of securing the same. The Treasurer shall be, ex-officio, a con- 

 sulting member of this committee, and attend its meetings, but shall 

 not be entitled to a vote therein. 



Section 4. The Committee on Publication shall consist of five 

 members, and shall from time to time cause to be published, and sup- 

 erintend the publication of, such papers read before the society, and 

 such portions of the records of proceedings as may seem to them 

 calculated to promote the interests of science, so far as the funds ap- 

 propriated by the Board will permit. 



Section 5. The Museum Committee shall consist of one member 

 from each department of the museum, who shall assist the Curator in 

 taking charge of and arranging all donations and deposits in their sev- 

 eral departments, and shall carefully label each article. 



