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8. While intrusted with a special department, an assistant or worker in the 

 Museum shall have the privilege of freely examining every specimen belong- 

 ing to that department, (but not those of other departments,) and of taking 

 specimens out of the cases for special investigations ; but he shall not dissect 

 or alter the condition of any specimen without special leave of the Curator. 

 He shall further enjoy the privilege of using freely the Museum Library, and 

 taking down to his desk, under the prescribed regulations, all the books needed 

 for his work. No books or specimens are to be taken out of the Museum 

 building without special leave of the Curator. 



9. All the specimens and books temporarily removed from their proper place 

 for use shall be returned to their shelves at the close of every month, unless 

 special leave for an extension of time has been obtained from the Curator. 



10. Every one is expected to keep his working place in the Museum clean, 

 and himself to do what is necessary to this end. He may, however, call upon 

 the Janitor to remove the offals of his work. 



11. The rights and duties of the assistants, not specified above, shall be 

 determined by the Curator, his determination being subject to the revision and 

 final decision of the Faculty. 



As a public Museum necessarily differs in character from collections belong- 

 ing to private learned societies, (whose members may have an equal right to 

 the common property of the society,) and should, therefore, be conducted upon 

 different principles, it is thought advisable by the Faculty of the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology to enact the following regulations for the public and 

 private use of that institution, viz. : — 



1st. For the convenience of the officers of the establishment, the Museum 

 shall be opened daily, by the Janitor, at 8 A. M., and closed at dark, Sundays 

 excepted, all the year round. 



2d. The public shall be admitted to the exhibition rooms, daily, from 11A.M. 

 to 4 P. M., Sundays and Mondays excepted. The window-curtains may be 

 partly raised during these hours, to improve the light, though they should 

 always be lowered on the side on which the sun shines, as the direct sunlight 

 may injure the specimens. 



3d. The whole of Monday, as well as the early and late hours of the other 

 days of the week, are reserved for cleaning the rooms and arranging the 

 specimens upon the shelves. 



4th. The working rooms and magazine shall never be accessible to visitors 

 without special leave from the Curator or the Director. 



5th. Students shall have access to their respective working rooms when- 

 ever the Museum can be opened ; but they shall not be allowed to open the 

 cases containing the specimens in the exhibition rooms without special leave 

 from the Curator. 



6th. A special collection shall be set aside for the use of beginners, upon 

 which they may practise until their ability properly to handle specimens is 

 fairly tested. 



7th. Advanced students and original investigators applying themselves to 

 the study of special subjects, shall be allowed the use of such specimens relating 

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