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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 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 Com- 

 mittee, 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 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 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. 



