Acclimatization, etc., may have an officer in charge who shall be appointed 

 by the President subject to the approval of the Executive Committee. He 

 shall make his reports and be responsible to the President of the Institution. 



2. The officers in charge of the various departments of the Institution 

 shall have immediate supervision over the assistants in their departments and 

 shall be responsible to the President for their vv^ork and conduct. 



3. No officer in charge of any department or any employe of the 

 Institution may officially address the Board of Trustees on affairs concerning 

 himself, his work, or his department, except through the President of the 

 Institution, or through the Executive Committee. 



AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS 



1 . Institutions affiliating with the Pacific Scientific Institution shall be 

 addressed and recognized through their chief administrative officer or the 

 Institution's proper representative. Affiliation may be effected by the accep- 

 tance by a majority vote of the governing bodies of both Institutions con- 

 cerned of a written agreement in the form of a contract, detailing in general 

 or specific terms the conditions mutually agreed upon that shall constitute the 

 basis of such an affiliation. 



HONORARY SCIENTIFIC STAFF 



1 , The President with such assistance and advice as may be neces- 

 sary from the Scientific Council, will from time to time select a corps of 

 specialists who shall fortn the Honorary Scientific Staff of the Institution. 

 Persons thus appointed by the President to positions on the Staff of the 

 Institution shall serve as the Honorary Curators of the Department of Inquiry 

 in which they have distinguished themselves and shall be the head of their 

 department in the Scientific Staff of the Institution. Their appointment and 

 retirement shall be subject to the approval of the Executive Committee and 

 in case of resignation they shall continue in office until their successors are 

 appointed. They may receive an honorarium from the Institution as 

 evidence of its appreciation of their services. They shall have general 

 advisory supervision over the work, material, and publications of their re- 

 spective departments. When feasible, they will be consulted in the selection 

 of the curator's assistants and collectors who shall serve in their respective 

 departments, and they will, when requested, prepare for the President as 



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