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BY-LAWS 



ARTICLE I. 



Sec. I. Tbe Recording Secretary sliall give at 

 least two weeks notice, in two or more of the news- 

 papers published in the City of Washington, of 

 eTer>' annual meeting. 



Sec. 2. Stated and special meetings sliall be called 

 by or through the Recording Secretary. 



Sec. 3. A quorum to do business shall consist of 

 at least ten resident members entitled to vote. 



Sec. 4. A member introducing a stranger shall 

 -Kind his name and place of residence, in writing, 

 10 the presiding officer. 



Sec. 5. The order of business at stated meetings 

 shall be as follows, viz : 



1. Heading the minutes, 



2. Nomination of candidates for membership. 



3. Election of candidates. 



4. Notice of contributions and deposites. 



5. Reading reports and cominuincations— 



I. From officers of the Board of Management. 



II. From Departments. 



III. From Committees. 



IV. From individual members, 

 (o.) Honorary. 

 (6.) Corresponding. 

 (c.) Resident. 



0. Extraordinary business. 



Sec. 6. At the annual meeting, the election of 

 officers shall succeed to the reading of reports. * 



Sec. 7. At special meetings, the object for which 

 the meeting was called shall have precedence of all 

 other matters, after tbe reading oftlie minutes. 



Sec. S. A suspension of the regular order of bu- 

 - mess for a specific purpose may, at anytime, be 

 . had, two-thirds of the resident members present, 

 I who are entitled to a vote, concurring tlierein. 



duties as attach to his office ; and, at the end of his 

 term, transfer all books, papers, «cc., in his posses- 

 sion, belonging to the Institution, to his successor. 



Sec. 7. A report shall be made by the Board of 

 Management to the annual meetings, of the general 

 as well as fiscal concerns of the Institution. 



ARTICLE \ll.~Of Expenditures. 



Sec. 1. No expenditure shall be madg for, or in 

 the name of the Institution, without its direction. 



ARTICLE U.-Of Officers. 



, *£•• I. Before entering on his duties, the Trea- 

 I sum- shall give bond to the Trustees in such sum, 

 and with such securitv, as the Board of Manage- 

 ment may deem ajipropriate for tlie security of tlie 

 funds of the Institution and the faithful discharge 

 I of his duties. * 



Sec. 2. The Treasurer shall keep an account of 



II' receipts and disbursements made by him, and 



- "'ake a report thereof to the Board of Management, 



*^t[>s»tatL-d meeting in December annually. His 



I books and papers shall be always open to the insiiec- 



' luii (at his office) of the said boanl, or any com- 



11 tee tliat may be appointed by tile Institution. 



I Sec. 3. The Treasurer shall receive all dues, 



being authorized, heirl.y, to employ a collector 



thereof, and shall pay out the money of the Institu- 



"111 upon accouDU passed at slated meetings, and 



' t otherwise. 



^ ''■ !• ^'i'"<'"?>j'>o«'«». papers. Stc.appertain- 

 ? 10 the ofHce of the Treasurer, shall be transfiji^ 

 ii to his successor. 



Sec. 5. The Corresponding Sccreterj- shall con- 



■i the correspondence, under the direction oftlie 



- II '....1. All papen, lettei-s. ifcc., appertaining 



ii«-s sliall lie subject to the disposal of the 



II i',inin;and what may remain in his hands at 



I lid ol his term tliall be transferi'ed to hit >uc- 



ikOr. 



Tlie Recording Secretarv shall keep a 

 t the piocwdings oftlie Institution, and 



' I"' Iloiird of Management; shall sign all or- 



r. niailc by either, in atlemalion of their correct- 

 .i; call ineetuigs, and, generally, perform such 



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ARTICLE IV. 



Sec. 1. All elections shall be made by ballot, and 

 a miyority of all the members present entitled to 

 vote shall be necessary for the election of offlcen. 



Sec. 2. Vacancies shall be filled by the Institution 

 at the next meeting after their occuiTence. 



ARTICLE v.— Of tlie Departments. 



Sec. 1. The departments of the Institution shall 

 consist, for the present, of— 



1. Chemistry. 



2. Geolog}' and Mineralogy. 



3. Geography, Astronomy, and Nat. Pliilosopliy. 



4. Natural History. 



5. The application of Science to the Useful Arts. 



6. American History and Antiquities. 



7. Agriculture. 



8. Literature and the Fine Arts. 

 Sec. S. The Institution, at any stated meeting, 



may add and organize any other department that its 

 wants or condition may justify. 



Sec. 3. Every resident member shall join one or 

 more of the departments. 



•Jec. 4. Each department shall have power to or- 

 ganize and subdivide itself into sections, and make 

 such regulations as may be necessary for its govern- 

 ment, pi-ovided they do not conflict with the Consti- 

 tution or laws of the Institution. 



Sec. 5. Each department shall keep, or cause to 

 lie kept, full minutes of its proceeding^, and submit 

 the same, or such portion thereof as may promote 

 the cause of Science, to the Institution, as often as 

 it may deem proper, or as called on to that effect. 



Sec. 6. Each department shall have the direction 

 of the arrangement of that portion of the Cabinet, 

 and the in.struments appertaining to it, as relates to 

 the branch of Science underthe care of such depart- 

 ment,subject to the supervision of the United States' 

 Curators. 



Sec. 7. Each department shall make an annual 

 report to the Board of Management at the staled 

 meeting in December, embracing its condition, pro- 

 gress, and operations during the year, together with 

 suggestions for improving lU usefulness for tlie en- 

 suing year. 



ARTICLE VI.^0/ the Cabinet. 



Sec. 1. Donations made to the Cabinet shall be 

 marked with the name of the donor. 



Sec. 2. Specimens inaj- be placed in the Cabinet 

 on special dep<isite, subject to removal by giving 

 the Institution previous notice at some stated meet- 

 ing. 



ARTICLE VIL 



Sec. 1. The Annual and Stated Meetings shall be 

 held at such places as shall be detennined upon by 

 tlie Institution. 



Sec. 2. The place of holding a S/ierinI Meeting 

 shall be designated by those by whom the said meet- 

 ing shall be ordered. ■ 



