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ARTICLE VI. 



The Executive Committee shall consist of five, who 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 specimens and books, to employ agents, to regulate 

 the manner and terms of exhibiting the Museum to the public, and 

 generally 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 interval between the 

 quarterly meetings of the Trustees, without the express sanction 

 of the Trustees. 



ARTICLE VII. 



The Auditing Committee shall consist of three, and it shall be 

 their duty to examine and certify all bills presented against the 

 Corporation ; and no bills shall be paid unless first approved in 

 writing by at least two members of this Committee. 



ARTICLE VIII. 



The Finance Committee shall consist of three, including the 

 Treasurer, and it shall be their duty to take charge of and invest 

 the funds of the Museum in its name, and to take all proper 

 measures to provide means for its support. 



ARTICLE IX. 



A majority of the Trustees for the time being shall constitute 

 a quorum for the transaction of business, but five Trustees meet- 

 ing may adjourn and transact current business, subject to the sub- 

 sequent approval of a meeting at which a quorum shall be present. 



ARTICLE X. 



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

 providing for the care and management of the property of the 

 Corporation, and for the government of its affairs. 



Such By-laws, when once adopted, 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. 



