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meeting; in November, elect the officers and committees for 

 the ensuing year. They 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 President, 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 Yice-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 

 Yice-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 

 Museum. He shall keep the accounts of the Museum in books 

 belonging to it, which shall be at all times open to the inspec- 

 tion 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. 



