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ing, appoint a Committee, whose duty it shall be to audit the 

 accounts of receipts and expenditures of the Corporation. 



SECTION VIII. OF LECTURES. 



Article 1. Public lectures, when judged expedient by the 

 Council may be given under the auspices of the Society. 



SECTION IX. OF MEETINGS. 



Article 1. A meeting shall be held on the first Wednesday 

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

 purposes. At this meeting the Curator shall present a report 

 upon the condition and progress of the museum, the lectures 

 which he superintends, and any other matters of general inter- 

 est; the Secretary upon the library, publications, meetings, and 

 the lectures which he superintends; the Treasurer upon the re- 

 ceipts and expenditures of the year; and the Trustees upon the 

 financial condition of the Society. 



Art. 2. Stated meetings of the Society shall be held on the 

 first and third Wednesday of every month; unless when sus- 

 pended by a vote of the Society. 



Art. 3. Ten members shall form a quorum for business. 



Art. 4. The order of proceeding at meetings shall be as fol- 

 lows: — 



1 . Record of preceding meeting read. 



2. Candidates for membership proposed. 



3. Balloting for members. 



4. Scientific communications. 



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



6. Donations announced. 



7. Adjournment. 



