ART. IV. The Executive -Committee shall have charge of the 

 rooms of the Society, and, under its rules (Chapter VII), shall have 

 general supervision of the arrangement, preservation and increase of 

 the collections, and all exchanges of duplicates. They shall report 

 when repairs are needed and when ordered, see that they are properly 

 executed, and shall provide all such conveniences as may be necessary 

 for the accommodation of the members of the Society. They shall 

 meet at least once a month to inspect the rooms, the library, and 

 the collections, and shall report to the Society at the stated meeting 

 in December upon their condition, and the work done thereon during 

 the year just closing. They shall promptly report to the Society 

 any neglect of duty on the part of the Curator. 



ART. V. In appointing all other Committees the President shall 

 name the first member, who is to nominate the second, the second a 

 third, and in like manner successively, until the number agreed upon 

 be complete. 



ART. VI. All committees must report in writing, and every re- 

 port must be signed by a majority of the committee. 



CHAPTER VI. 



OF SPECIAL FUNDS. 



ART. I. The Society is authorized to accept in trust, and also to 

 create separate funds for specific purposes, which shall be distinctly 

 named. The principal of each fund shall be kept invested in the 

 name of the Society in such good lawful securities the loans of the 

 United States, the loans of the State of Pennsylvania, or of the City 

 of Philadelphia, sound real estate securities, or others as the So- 

 ciety may direct, and shall be held for the special purposes for which 

 each fund may be created. 



ART. II. All money which may accrue in the process of changing 

 the investment of a Trust Fund shall be invested again without 

 delay for the same trust ; but no investment shall be changed without 

 the consent of the Society. 



CHAPTER VII. 



OF CABINET. 



ART. I. The keys of the cases containing the collection shall be 

 kept by the Curator, subject to the call of the Executive Committee, 



