﻿Constitution 
  89 
  

  

  ARTICLE 
  VI 
  

  

  The 
  Executive 
  Committee 
  shall 
  consist 
  of 
  nine 
  Trustees, 
  of 
  

   whom 
  the 
  President, 
  First 
  and 
  Second 
  Vice-Presidents 
  and 
  

   Treasurer, 
  in 
  case 
  he 
  be 
  a 
  Trustee, 
  shall 
  be 
  four, 
  and 
  five 
  other 
  

   members 
  to 
  be 
  appointed 
  each 
  year 
  in 
  the 
  manner 
  provided 
  in 
  

   Article 
  IV. 
  They 
  shall 
  have 
  the 
  control 
  and 
  regulation 
  of 
  

   the 
  collections, 
  library 
  and 
  other 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  Museum; 
  

   and 
  shall 
  have 
  power 
  to 
  purchase, 
  sell 
  and 
  exchange 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  and 
  books, 
  to 
  employ 
  agents, 
  to 
  regulate 
  the 
  manner 
  

   and 
  terms 
  of 
  exhibiting 
  the 
  Museum 
  to 
  the 
  public, 
  and 
  gen- 
  

   erally 
  to 
  carry 
  out 
  in 
  detail 
  the 
  directions 
  of 
  the 
  Trustees; 
  

   but 
  the 
  Executive 
  Committee 
  shall 
  not 
  incur 
  any 
  expense 
  or 
  

   liability 
  for 
  the 
  Museum 
  exceeding 
  two 
  thousand 
  dollars 
  at 
  

   one 
  time, 
  or 
  exceeding 
  in 
  all 
  ten 
  thousand 
  dollars, 
  in 
  the 
  inter- 
  

   val 
  between 
  the 
  quarterly 
  meetings 
  of 
  the 
  Trustees, 
  without 
  

   the 
  express 
  sanction 
  of 
  the 
  Trustees. 
  Five 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  

   Committee 
  shall 
  constitute 
  a 
  quorum 
  for 
  the 
  transaction 
  of 
  

   business. 
  

  

  ARTICLE 
  VII 
  

  

  The 
  Auditing 
  Committee 
  shall 
  consist 
  of 
  three 
  Trustees. 
  

   They 
  shall 
  have 
  the 
  books 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  duly 
  audited, 
  at 
  

   least 
  once 
  in 
  six 
  months, 
  by 
  an 
  authorized 
  public 
  accountant 
  

   to 
  be 
  selected 
  by 
  them. 
  

  

  No 
  bills 
  shall 
  be 
  paid 
  unless 
  approved, 
  in 
  writing, 
  by 
  the 
  

   President, 
  the 
  Chairman 
  of 
  the 
  Executive 
  Committee, 
  or 
  the 
  

   Director. 
  

  

  ARTICLE 
  VIII 
  

  

  The 
  Finance 
  Committee 
  shall 
  consist 
  of 
  four 
  Trustees, 
  in- 
  

   cluding 
  the 
  Treasurer 
  in 
  case 
  he 
  be 
  a 
  Trustee. 
  They 
  shall 
  

   have 
  general 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  moneys 
  and 
  securities 
  of 
  the 
  En- 
  

   dowment 
  and 
  other 
  permanent 
  funds 
  of 
  the 
  Museum, 
  and 
  such 
  

   real 
  estate 
  as 
  may 
  become 
  the 
  property 
  of 
  the 
  Corporation, 
  

   with 
  authority 
  to 
  invest, 
  sell 
  and 
  reinvest 
  the 
  same, 
  subject 
  

   to 
  the 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Trustees. 
  

  

  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 
  

  

  