Annual Meeting.] 352 [May 3, 



Art. 8. The Committees shall be responsible for the care of the 

 particular departments of the Museum assigned to them at the time 

 of their election; they shall consist of not more than three members, 

 of whom the first named shall act as chairman in each department; 

 they shall, as soon as possible after a donation is made or specimens 

 received, deposit them in their respective cabinets ; shall arrange the 

 specimens in their appropriate departments according to some system 

 approved by the Custodian; and, so far as is practicable, label them 

 with the names they bear in such system. They shall also, so far as 

 is practicable, keep a correct list of the articles in their care, and 

 shall be authorized to select duplicate specimens from the cabinet, 

 and, with the assent of the Custodian, effect exchanges therewith. 

 The Committees shall make, written reports to the Custodian, a month 

 previous to the annual meeting, concerning the collection under their 

 charge, the additions made during the year, and any important defi- 

 ciencies which exist. 



Sect. iv. Art. 1. Every Corporate and Associate Member shall 

 be subject to an annual assessment of five dollars, payable on the 

 first day of October in each year; but no assessment shall be required 

 of any Associate Member during the six months succeeding his elec- 

 tion. Commutation may be purchased for fifty dollars. 



Sect. ix. Art. 1. A meeting shall be held on the first Wednes- 

 day in May annually, for the choice of officers and other general 

 purposes. At this meeting the Custodian shall present a report upon 

 the condition and progress of the museum, the lectures which he su- 

 perintends, and any other matters of general interest; the Secretary 

 upon the library, publications, meetings, and the lectures which he 

 superintends; the Treasurer upon the receipts and expenditures of 

 the year; and the Trustees upon the financial condition of the 

 Society. 



Art. 4. The order of proceeding at meetings shall be as follows : — 



1. Record of preceding meeting read. 



2. Candidates for membership proposed. 



3. Balloting for members. 



4. Scientific communications. 



5. Business called up by special resolution, or otherwise. 



6. Donations announced. 



7. Adjournment. 



Sect. x. Art. 1. Sections of the Society, holding separate 

 meetings of their own, may be formed on the written application of 



