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The CURATORS shall have the special charge of the arrangement, 

 cataloguing and labeling of specimens belonging to their respective 

 sections. l3ach Curator shall report on the condition and wants of 

 his section at the annual meeting. 



The BOARD OF DIRECTORS shall have full power to act for the inter- 

 est of the Institute in any way not inconsistent with the Constitu- 

 tion and By-Laws. 



The following Committees shall be chosen at the Annual Meeting. 



A FINANCE COMMITTEE, who shall have the direction of the funds 

 of the Institute aud annually examine and audit the accounts of the 

 Treasurer. 



A LIBRARY COMMITTEE, who shall, with the Librarian, have the 

 general superintendence of the Library and shall make an annual 

 examination of its condition in May. 



A COMMITTEE ox PUBLICATIONS, who shall have the management 

 of all Publications of the Institute and regulate the manner of their 

 distribution. 



A LECTURE COMMITTEE, who shall arrange for such courses of 

 Lectures as may be deemed advisable. 



A COMMITTEE ox FIELD MEETINGS, who shall determine when and 

 where Field Meetings shall be held, and have the general manage- 

 ment of the same. 



The above Committees shall report their respective doings at the 

 Annual Meetings. 



CHAPTER III. OF DEPARTMENTS. 



The HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT shall be divided into three sections : 

 1, Ethnology; 2, Manuscripts; 3, Fine Arts. 



The DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY into nine sections : 1, Ge- 

 ology ; 2, Mineralogy ; 3, Palaeontology ; 4, Botany ; 5, Comparative 

 Anatomy; 6, Vertebrata ; 7, Articulata; 8, Mollusca; 9, liadiata. 



The DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE into two sections : 1, Fruit 

 and Vegetables ; 2, Flowers. 



The Vice President and Curators of each of these Departments, 

 with the Superintendent, shall be a committee for its management. 



CHAPTER IV. OF THE MUSEUM. 



The Museum shall be open to Members and the public at such 

 times and under such regulations as the Directors may determine. 



No specimen shall be taken from the rooms except by permission 

 of the Committee of the department to which it belongs, upon a 

 written application made to the Secretary, or Superintendent; 

 specimens may, however, be sent by the Superintendent to acknowl- 

 edged competent persons for identification. 



Every facility in the power of the Superintendent, and consistent 

 with the welfare of the specimens, shall be given to persons visit- 

 ing the Museum for the purpose of study and comparison. 



CHAPTER V. OF THE LIBRARY. 



The Library Committee shall divide the books and other articles 

 belonging to the Library into three classes, viz. : (a) those which 

 are not to be removed from the building; (b) those which may be 



