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every February, May, August and November, at au hour and 

 place to be designated on at least one week's written notice from 

 the Secretary, and shall, annually, at the quarterly meeting in 

 November, elect the officers and committees for the ensuing year. 

 The} 7 shall also meet at any other time to transact special business 

 on a call of the Secretary, who shall issue such call whenever 

 requested so to do, in writing, by five Trustees or by the Presi- 

 dent, and give written notice to each Trustee of such special 

 meeting, and of the object thereof, at least three days before the 

 meeting is held. 



ARTICLE IV. 



The officers of the said Corporation shall be a President, a First 

 and Second Vice-President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, an Ex- 

 ecutive Committee, an Auditing Committee, and a Finance Com- 

 mittee, all to be elected from the Trustees. All these officers 

 shall hold their offices for one year, and until their successors shall 

 be elected. 



The election of officers shall be by ballot, and the persons 

 having a majority of the votes cast, shall be deemed duly elected. 



ARTICLE V. 



The President, and, in his absence, the First or Second Vice- 

 President shall preside at all the meetings of the Museum and of 

 the Trustees. 



The Secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of the 

 Trustees, of the Executive Committee, and of the Auditing 

 Committee, and shall preserve the seal, archives and corres- 

 pondence of the Museum, shall issue notices for all meetings 

 of the Trustees, and attend the same. 



The Treasurer shall receive and disburse the funds of the Mu- 

 seum. He shall keep the accounts of the Museum in books be- 

 longing to it, which shall be at all times open to the inspection of 

 the Trustees. He shall report in writing, at each quarterby meet- 

 ing of the Trustees, the bala,nce of money on hand, and the out- 

 standing obligations of the Museum, as far as practicable; and 

 shall make a full report, at the annual meeting, of the receipts 

 and disbursements of the past year, with such suggestions as to 

 the financial management of the Museum as he may deem proper. 



