Constitution 



ARTICLE IX 



The Nominating Committee shall be composed of three 

 Trustees, to whom shall be first submitted the names of any 

 persons proposed as candidates for election to membership in 

 the Board of Trustees. The Committee shall report on such 

 candidates from time to time, as it may deem to be for the 

 interest of the Museum. A fortnight before the annual meet- 

 ing they shall prepare and mail to each member of the Board 

 of Trustees a list of five candidates to be elected by ballot at 

 the said meeting. 



ARTICLE X 



The President shall be a member, ex-officio, of all standing 

 committees. 



ARTICLE XI 



Nine Trustees shall constitute a quorum for the transaction 

 of business, but five Trustees meeting may adjourn and trans- 

 act current business, subject to the subsequent approval of a 

 meeting at Avhich a quorum shall be present. 



ARTICLE XII 



By-Laws may be made from time to time by the Trustees 

 providing for the care and management of the property of the 

 Corporation and for the government of its affairs, and may 

 be amended at any meeting of the Trustees by a vote of a 

 majority of those present, after a month's notice in writing of 

 such proposed amendment. 



ARTICLE XIII 



Any person contributing or devising $50,000 in cash, securi- 

 ties or property to the funds of the Museum may be elected a 

 Benefactor of the Museum. 



Any person contributing $1,000 to the funds of the Museum, 

 at one time, may be elected a Patron of the Museum, who 

 shall have the right in perpetuity to appoint the successor in 

 such patronship. 



