1870.] 281 [By-Laws. 



BY-LAWS. 



Section II, Article YII, to be altered so as to read — 



The Custodian shall be a person of acknowledged scientific attain- 

 ments. He shall have general charge of the building and its con- 

 tents; shall have free access to all the collections at all times; and 

 shall act in concert with the Committees, to whom he shall bear the 

 relation of adviser and assistant. In case of the absence or neglect 

 of the Committees, he shall act in their stead, and perform their 

 duties. He shall prepare and read at the annual meeting a report of 

 the state of the Museum, compiled from the special reports made to 

 him by the Committees. He shall keep a book to be called the Dona- 

 tion Book, in which shall be recorded, under their respective depart- 

 ments, all donations to the Museum, with the date and name of 

 donor. And he shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed 

 by the Council and mutually assented to. 



Section II, Article VIII, to be altered so as to read — 



The Committees shall be entrusted with the care of the Museum. 

 They shall be designated for particular departments at the time of 

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

 one of whom shall be nominated to the Society by the Nominating 

 Committee to 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, as far as is prac- 

 ticable, keep a correct catalogue of articles in their care, and s"hall be 

 authorized to select duplicate specimens from the cabinet, and, with 

 the assent of the Custodian, effect exchanges therewith. Each Com- 

 mittee shall make a written report to the Custodian, a month previous 

 to the annual meeting, concerning the collection under its charge : the 

 additions made during the year, and the important deficiencies which 

 exist. 



Section V, Article II, to be altered so as to read — 



No specimens shall be removed from the Museum, without the 

 leave of the Custodian and the Chairman of the Committee of the 

 department to which they belong, who shall take a receipt for the 

 same, and be responsible for their restoration in good order. 



