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constitution, by-laws, rules and regulations, and shall 

 be subject to the provisions of Title 3, of Chapter 18, 

 of the first part of the Revised Statutes. 



Sec. 4. The affairs of the said corporation shall be ■ tJoard oi 

 managed and controlled by a Board of Managers as 

 follows: The president of Columbia College, the 

 professors of botany, of geology and of chemistry 

 therein, the president of the Torrey Botanical Club, 

 and the President of the Board of Education of the 

 City of New York, and their successors in office, shall 

 be ex-officio members of said corporation and of the 

 Board of Managers, and be known as the Scien- Scientific 

 tific Directors; they shall have the management and ■ uirectors 

 control of the scientific and educational departments 

 of said corporation and the appointment of the 

 Director-in-Chief of said institution, who shall appoint nirector-in- 

 his first assistant and the chief gardener, and be Chief 

 responsible for the general scientific conduct of the 

 institution. All other business and affairs of the 

 corporation, including its financial management, shall 

 be under the control of the whole Board of Managers, 

 which shall consist of the Scientific Directors, as 

 herein provided, and of the Mayor of the City of New 

 York, the President of the Board of Commissioners of 

 the Department of Public Parks, and at least nine R e P rese nt a " 

 other managers to be elected by the members of the p.. 

 corporation. The first election shall be by ballot, and 

 held on a written notice of ten days, addressed by mail 

 to each of the above-named incorporators, stating Elective 

 the time and place of election, and signed by at least Managers 

 five incorporators. Three of the managers so elected 

 shall hold office for one year, three for two years, 

 and three for three years. The term of office of the 

 managers elected after the first election, save those 

 elected to fill vacancies in unexpired terms, shall be 

 three years; and three managers and such others as 

 may be needed to fill vacancies in unexpired terms 



