8o Constitution. 



Sec. 5. The offices of Secretary and Assistant Treasurer 

 may be held by the same person. 



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. 



