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meeting in February, 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 there- 

 of at least three days before the meeting is held. 



ARTICLE IY. 



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

 First and Second Vice-President, a Secretary and a Treasurer, 

 and 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- 

 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 Audit- 

 ing 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 practical ; 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. 



