NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 279 



Treasurer, two Secretaries, and. a Committee of fifteen, including 

 two members of the Mining Institute, as provided in the agree- 

 ment with that body, shall be chosen out of the ordinary Mem- 

 bers 1 every year, at the Anniversary Meeting, by the vote of 

 the majority of those present. To them shall be entrusted the 

 expenditure of the funds and the entire management of the affairs 

 of the Society. 



2. — The Patron, President, Yice-Presidents, Treasurer, and 

 Secretaries shall be ex-officio members of the Committee. 



3. — The Committee shall meet on the summons of the Secre- 

 taries once a month, or at such times as there may be business 

 requiring their consideration. Three shall be a quorum. 



4 — Questions proposed in the Committee shall be decided by a 

 majority of votes ; and if the votes be equal, the Chairman shall 

 have a second or casting vote. 



5. — The Committee shall appoint Honorary Curators, who, 

 with the officers of the Society, shall have the superintendence 

 and arrangement of the several departments of the Museum, and 

 shall prepare catalogues of the same, if deemed necessary. 



6. — Previous to the Annual Meeting the Curators shall report 

 to the Committee on the additions made in the course of the year 

 in their respective departments. 



7. — The Committee shall present to the Annual Meeting a 

 report of the condition of the Society's funds, the state and 

 progress of the collections, and the general advancement of the 

 objects of the Society. Such report, if approved by the Meeting, 

 shall be printed and sent to the Members. 



ELECTION OF MEMBEKS AND ASSOCIATES. 



1. — Every person desirous of becoming a member of the 

 Society must be recommended, in writing, by three subscribing 

 members ; on being so recommended, he shall be balloted for by 

 those present, either at a Committee Meeting, a General Meet- 

 ing, or at the Anniversary Meeting of the Society; if three-fourths 

 of the votes given be in the affirmative, he shall be declared duly 

 elected, and, upon payment of the subscription, shall become 

 a member of the Society. 



