8 BY-LAWS. 



SECTION XVI. 



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 



The President, and Ex-Presidents ex-officio, and four other 

 members, to be elected at the annual meeting, shall constitute this 

 Committee. They shall have free access, at all times, to the records 

 of the Society, and to the books of the Treasurer, and it shall be 

 their duty to recommend to the Society, on or before the first 

 Saturday of November, the amount to be appropriated for prizes 

 and gratuities the ensuing year ; and also, on the first Saturday of 

 December, to report the list of those that are to be offered by the 

 respective committees, with their approval or disapproval of the 

 same. It shall be the duty of this Committee, with the aid of the 

 Professor of Botany, to publish so much of the proceedings of 

 every meeting or exhibition as shall be ordered by the Society. 



SECTION XVII. 



FINANCE COMMITTEE. 



The Finance Committee shall have a general supervision of the 

 Building and other property of the Society, and shall approve all 

 transfers and investments made by the Treasurer. They shall 

 examine and audit the Treasurer s account in time for him to pre- 

 sent the same to the Society on the first Saturday of January. 

 They shall make all settlements with the Treasurer of Mount 

 Auburn Cemetery, and generally adjust all matters appertaining to 

 the indenture between the Society and that Corporation. They 

 shall also, with the assent and concurrence of the President, deter- 

 mine the number and salaries of all officers of the Society, not 

 provided for by the By-Laws. 



SECTION XVIII. 



LIBRATIY COMMITTEE. 



The Committee on the Library sliall have charge of all books, 

 drawings and engravings, and shall, from time to time, procure 

 such works as may be deemed expedient, not exceeding the amount 

 appropriated for the purpose. They shall cause the Library to be 



