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made. If any loan shall be made contrary to the provisions of this sec- 

 tion, the Triistees making the same shall be individually and severally 

 liable to the Corporation for the amount so loaned. 



Sec. 6. The Trustees shall have power, if in their judgment it is advis- 

 able, to invest any of the funds of the Academy not needed for imme- 

 diate use, in bonds of the State of California, or of the City and County 

 of San Francisco. Such investments, however, shall be made only by the 

 unanimous vote of all the Trustees, entered upon the record of their pro- 

 ceedings, and specifying the amount and character of the investment. 



Sec. 7. The Trustees shall have the ciistody of the corporate seal of 

 the Academy, and shall affix the same to all contracts entered into by them 

 in the name of the Corporation. 



AETICLE IV. 



OFFICERS. 



Section 1. The Officers of the Academy shall be a President, First and 

 Second Vice-Presidents, a Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Secretary, 

 a Treasurer, a Librarian, and a Director of the Museum, all of whom 

 must have been life or resident members for three years previous to their 

 election. The Officers of the Academy shall constitute a Council for the 

 transaction of such business as may be assigned to it by the Constitution 

 and the Academy. The President of the Academy shall be Chairman of 

 the Council. Surplus publications and exchanges of specimens shall be 

 under the control of the Council. 



The Council and Officers and Members are prohibited from incurring 

 any indebtedness on behalf of this Society unless authorized bj- the 

 Trustees. 



Sec. 2. The Trustees and Officers of the Academy shall be elected by 

 ballot on the day of the Annual Meeting, for the term of one year. Their 

 term of office shall commence on the third Monday in January, and con- 

 tinue until their siiccessors are elected and qualified. Before the stated 

 meeting of the Academy on the first Mondaj' of December, the Council 

 and Trustees shall meet jointly to select a Nominating Committee of five 

 persons from among the members of the Academy not holding office, and 

 this Nominating Committee shall prepare and present to the Academy, on 

 the stated meeting of the third Monday in December, a ticket naming one 

 candidate for each office to be filled for the ensuing year, and thereupon 

 this ticket shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the Hall of the 

 Academy. Other tickets may be presented, and other candidates may be 

 balloted for at the annual election. At the stated meeting on the third 

 Monday in December, the Academy shall appoint two Insjiectors and two 

 Judges of Election, who shall have the charge of the ballot-box, and shall 

 conduct the election upon the day of the annual meeting. The ballot-box 

 shall be kept open from the hour of nine a.m. to six p. >i. to receive the 



