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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 XL 



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 which 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. 



The contribution of $1,000 or more to the funds of the 

 Museum, at any one time, shall entitle the person giving the 

 same to be a Patron of the Museum, who shall have the right 

 in perpetuity to appoint the successor in such patronship. 



The contribution of $500, at one time, shall entitle the 

 person giving the same to be a Fellow, who shall have the 

 right to appoint one successor in such fellowship. 



