Departmental staff meetings, for the discussion of the 
work of the several departments, shall be held each month, at 
which the head Curators of the departments shall preside, 
appointing a secretary who shall keep in duplicate the minutes 
of the proceedings; one copy to be retained in the depart- 
ment, and one copy to be filed with the Director. 
The Publication Committee shall consist of the head 
Curators and the Editor of the Journal. The Committee shall 
select its own officers and shall consider all matters connected 
with the scientific publications of the Museum, and shall refer 
to the Director for his approval such articles as it may recom- 
mend for publication. It shall hold monthly meetings and shall 
send copies of the minutes of its proceedings to the Director. 
Curators shall have charge of the installation of collections 
in the exhibition space assigned to them by the Director, and 
they shall identify, catalogue and label the same. That there 
may be uniformity of style and system in the matter of the 
arrangement of collections and of labeling throughout the 
Museum, Curators and others are required to consult with the 
Director in this branch of their activity and to submit general 
plans for his approval. 
The Curators shall extend all proper facilities to visiting 
scientists and students. They shall keep thoroughly posted 
in regard to the development of the several sciences which 
they represent and of the methods of installation and exhibi- 
tion adopted in other museums. 
They shall submit requisitions to the Director for all 
material and extra service needed in their respective depart- 
ments and, without the written approval of the Director, 
SHALL ISSUE NO ORDER OBLIGATING THE MUSEUM IN ANY 
way. They shall not store or install material that is insuff- 
ciently preserved, and they shall not discard or exchange 
material without the approval of the Director. No specimens 
shall be taken or sent from the building without the permission 
of the Director, and Curators shall be held responsible for the 
safe return of all material temporarily removed. | 
Curators, in arranging for the shipment to the Museum of 
specimens or collections, must explicitly advise their corre- 
spondents to address the same to the Museum only and not to 
any person employed therein. 
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