68 HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM. 



» The director shall preside in the assemblies of 

 » the officers, and be charged with the execution 

 » of their deliberations : the same person shall not 

 » be continued in office more than two years in 

 » succession. 



» The vacancies in their own body shall be fill— 

 » ed by the professors (i). 



» Twelve courses of lectures shall be given in 

 » the Museum. 



» 1 . A course of mineralogy ; 



» 2. of general chemistry; 



» 3. of chemistry applied to the arts; 



» 4- of botany ; 



» 5. of rural botany ; 



» 6. of agriculture; 



» 7 and 8. two courses of zoology ; 



» 9. a course of human anatomy; 



» 10. of comparative anatomy ; 



» 11. of geology; 



» 12. of iconography. 



» The subjects to be treated of in the courses, 

 » and the details relative to the organisation of 

 » the Museum , shall be specified in a regulation to 

 » be drawn up by the professors , and communi- 

 » cated to the committee of public instruction. » 



(1) This article was abrogated by a law of May 1802 : at present, the 

 body of professors and the academy of sciences each name a candi- 

 date , for the acceptance of the lung ; but the voice of the professors is 

 usually seconded by the academy. 



