their control to any person or corporation which a donor may desig- 

 nate to receive such reports. 



The trustees meet at stated intervals for a review of the affairs 

 of the Institution, and to hear and act on the president's monthly 

 or quarterly reports. The board is organized into various com- 

 mittees, which are empowered to act for the full board in certain 

 matters in order to facilitate its business. 



The president is the chief executive officer of the Institution, 

 and is ex officio a member of the Board of Trustees, serving during 

 the pleasure of the board. The Executive Committee is composed 

 of the five officers of the Institution, as recognized by the charter 

 of incorporation and has general control of the affairs of the Insti- 

 tution when the trustees are not in session. 



Each department under the direct control of the Pacific Scien- 

 tific Institution will have its responsible officer styled the Director. 

 The by-laws provide that he shall make his reports and be respon- 

 sible to the president of the Institution. 



Institutions affiliated with the Pacific Scientific Institution will 

 be addressed and recognized through the Institution's proper repre- 

 sentative ; affihation being effected by both institutions concerned,, 

 accepting written conditions of such alliance. 



THE SCIENTIFIC ORGANIZATION OF THE INSTITUTION 



The president is directed to select an Honorary Scientific 

 Council consisting of gentlemen who are of international reputa- 

 tion in scientific and educational matters. 



With the assistance and advice of the Honorary Scientific Coun- 

 cil the details of the systematic work will be so arranged that a 

 definite system of procedure will be settled upon before the actual 

 exploration is inaugurated. The members of the Scientific Council 

 will assist as advisers in the selection of the leading specialists who 

 shall serve as curators of the several more or less limited depart- 

 ments into which the scientific work will necessarily be divided. 

 The gentlemen thus selected will serve as the honorary curators of 

 the departments in which they have distinguished themselves, and 

 will exercise a general advisory supervision over the work, material, 

 and publications of their especial departments. When possible 



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