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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 meeting may 

 adjourn and transact current business, subject to the subsequent approv- 

 al 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 

 ot the Trustees by a vote of a majority of those present, after a 

 month's notice in writing of such proposed amendment. 



ARTICLE XL 



The contribution of two thousand five hundred dollars to the funds 

 of the Museum at one time, shall entitle the person giving the same 

 to be a Patron of the Museum. 



The coritribution of one thousand dollars, at one time, shall entitle 

 the person giving the same to be a Fellow in Perpetuity. 



The contribution of five hundred dollars, at one time, shall entitle 

 the person giving the same to be a Fellow for Life. 



Any person may be elected by the Trustees to either of the above 

 degrees, who shall have donated to the Museum Books or Specimens 

 to the value of twice the amount in money requisite to his admission 

 to the same degree, and the President and Secretary shall issue Diplo- 

 mas accordingly, under the seal of the Museum. The Trustees may 

 also elect Honorary Fellows of the Museum in their discretion. 



All persons receiving such degrees and diplomas shall be entitled, at 

 all times, to free admission to the Museum and its Exhibitions, but 

 shall not, by virtue of such degrees or diplomas, become members of 

 the Corporation. 



ARTICLE XII. 



No alterations shall be made in this Constitution, unless at a regular 

 quarterly meeting of the Trustees; nor by the votes of less than 

 two-thirds of all the Trustees; nor without notice in writing of the 

 proposed alteration, embodying the amendment proposed to be made, 

 having been given at a regular meeting. 



