RULES AND REGULATIONS 
OF THE 
SCIENTIFIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS 
Revised and Amended to February 5, 1912 
In effect February 5, 1912 
The general administration of the Museum is regulated by 
the President, as set forth in Article V of the Constitution. 
The powers and duties of the officers and employees, as thus 
regulated, are tabulated in the following rules and regulations. 
The welfare and growth of any institution depend in large 
measure upon the codperation of its component parts, and it 
is expected that the heads of departments and all persons 
subject to their authority will unite cordially in a_ loyal 
observance of these regulations. 
DUTIES OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
The work of the Museum is carried on under A SCIENTIFIC 
STaFF and AN ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF, both of which are 
responsible to the Trustees through the Director and the 
Assistant Secretary. 
DIRECTOR 
The Director, acting under the authority and control of 
the President, shall be the chief administrative officer, in 
immediate charge of, and responsible to him and to the 
Trustees for the practical and scientific administration and 
development of the Museum. 
He shall be the official medium of communication between 
the Board, or its Committees, and the Scientific Staff. 
He shall supervise the work of the several administrative 
and scientific departments, preside at the meetings of the 
Faculty in the absence of the President, assign exhibition, 
laboratory and storage room, apportion such material as may 
come to the Museum through purchase or donation, and have 
discretionary power over all gifts, loans, purchases or exchanges 
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