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the endowment funds of the Corporation, shall be verified by the Auditor and 

 approved for payment by the Chairman of the Finance Committee. 



Section 5. The Harris Trust & Savings Bank of Chicago shall be Custodian 

 of "The N. W. Harris Public School Extension of Field Museum" fund. The 

 bank shall make disbursements only upon warrants drawn by the Director and 

 countersigned by the President. In the absence or inability of the Director, warrants 

 may be signed by the Chairman of the Finance Committee, and in the absence or 

 inability of the President, may be countersigned by the Vice-Presidents. But no 

 warrant shall be issued, except in conformity with a regularly prepared voucher, 

 giving the name of the payee and stating the occasion for the expenditure, and 

 verified and approved by the Auditor, the Director, and a member of the Executive 

 Committee. It shall be no part of the duties of the said Custodian to see that the 

 warrants have been issued in conformity with such vouchers. 



ARTICLE VI. 



THE DIRECTOR. 



Section i. The Board of Trustees shall elect a Director of the Museum, 

 who shall remain in office until his successor shall be elected. He shall have imme- 

 diate charge and supervision of the Museimi, and shall control the operations of 

 the Institution, subject to the authority of the Board of Trustees and its Com- 

 mittees. The Director shall be the official medium of commrnication between the 

 Board, or its Committees, and the scientific staff and maintenance force. 



Section 2. There shall be four scientific departments of the Museum — 

 Anthropology, Botany, Geology and Zoology ; each under the charge of a Curator, sub- 

 ject to the authority of the Director. The Curators shall be appointed by the Board 

 upon the recommendation of the Director, and shall serve during the pleasure of the 

 Board. Subordinate staff officers in the scientific departments shall be appointed and 

 removed by the Director upon the recommendation of the Curators of the respective 

 Departments. The Director shall have authority to employ and remove all other 

 employees of the Museimi. 



Section 3. The Director shall make report to the Board at each regular 

 meeting, recounting the operations of the Museum for the previous month. At the 

 Annual Meeting, the Director shall make an Annual Report, reviewing the work of 

 the Museimi for the previous year, which Annual Report shall be published in pamph- 

 let form for the information of the Trustees and Members, and for free distribution 

 in such number as the Board may direct. 



ARTICLE VII. ^ 



AUDITOR. 



Section i. The Board shall appoint an Auditor, who shall hold his office 

 during the pleasure of the Board. He shall keep proper books of account, setting 

 forth the financial condition and transactions of the Corporation, and of the Museum, 

 and report thereon at each regular meeting, and at such other times as may be 

 required by the Board. He shall certify to the correctness of all vouchers for the 

 expenditure of the money of the Corporation. 



