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ARTICLE IV. 



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

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

 Committee, an Auditing Committee, and a Finance Committee, 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-Presi- 

 dent, shall preside at all the meetings of the Museum and of the 

 Trustees. 



The Secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings of the Trus- 

 tees, of the Executive Committee, and of the Auditing Committee, 

 and shall preserve the seal, archives and correspondence 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 Museum. 

 He shall keep the accounts of the Museum in books belonging to it, 

 which shall be at all times open to the inspection of the Trustees. 

 He shall report in writing, at each quarterly meeting of the Trustees, 

 the balance of money on hand, and the outstanding 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. 



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 Com- 

 mittee shall not incur any expense or liability for the Museum exceed- 

 ing 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 VH. 



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. 



