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election. Those withdrawing may be re-elected. The official year is 

 reckoned from the close of one yearly meeting until the close of the next, 



10. To the Board of Overseers, who shall elect annually from their 

 number a president and secretary, are especially intrusted with — 



a. The oversight of the transactions of the regents; 

 ?>. The auditing and approving of the yearly accounts; 



c. The election of regents ; 



d. The ]3revious approval of every expenditure which shall exceed 

 $500, as well as the indorsement of commissions which shall exceed 

 $250 annually ; 



e. The convocation and management of ordinary and extraordinary 

 meetings of members. 



11. Every regularly called meeting is competent to transact business, 

 but for the adoption of motions respecting sections c and (?, a majority 

 of at least two-thirds of the members present is necessary. 



12. The Board of Regents shall make a report annually at the close of 

 the fiscal year, corresponding with the civil year, upon the condition of 

 the affairs of the society, and send a copy of the same to each of the 

 members at least two weeks before the annual meeting. 



13. In the event of the dissolution of the society, its property shall 

 go to the University of Leipsic. 



Instructions for the ^^ Agents ^^ of the Museum of Ethnology. 



§ 1. The authorized agents have, by § 4 of the statute, the duty of 

 fostering and enlarging the museum. 



§ 2. Their office shall be " honorary." 



§ 3. They shall be appointed by the Regents properly organized. 



§ 4. Their chief service shall be the enrolling of members and the 

 soliciting and receiving of donations of objects and money for extend- 

 ing and improving the museum. 



§ 5. They are likewise authorized to collect the contributions of mem- 

 bers in their vicinity, esi)ecially all those living in our maritime towns 

 and in transmarine countries, requested to take in charge consignments 

 designed for the museum, and to forward them as soon as possible to 

 their destination, and to apprise the Regents as soon as possible of any 

 known opportunities of enriching the collection. 



§ G. The debts which the agents may incar through collecting, packing, 

 and sending, &c., and any other authorized expenditures, shall be 

 refunded. They are also entitled to pay, at the cost of the museum to 

 mariners and other persons, a premium for relics, &c., not to exceed $10 

 per single object. For higher grants it will be necessary previously to 

 consult the Regents. 



§ 7. All members' subscriptions, or, if not collected, an account thereof, 

 are to be sent at the latest by the close of the first half of the year to 

 the treasurer of the museum at Leipsic, while any more important 



