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

 work of the Museum for the previous year, which Annual Report shall be pub- 

 lished in pamphlet form for the information of the Trustees and Members, and 

 for free distribution in such number as the Board may direct. 



ARTICLE VI. 



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, set- 

 ting 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. 



ARTICLE VII. 



COMMITTEES. 



Section i. There shall be four Committees, as follows: Finance, Building, 

 Auditing, and Executive. 



Sec. 2. The three Committees first above named shall each consist of 

 three members, who shall be elected by ballot by the Board at the Annual 

 Meeting, and who shall hold office for one year, and until their successors are 

 elected and qualified. In electing the members of these Committees, the Board 

 shall designate the Chairman and Vice-Chairmen by the order in which the mem- 

 bers are named in the respective Committee; the first member named shall be 

 Chairman; the second named the Vice- Chairman, and the third named, Second 

 Vice-Chairman, succession to the chairmanship being in this order in the event 

 of the absence or disability of the Chairman. 



Sec 3. The Executive Committee shall consist of the President of the 

 Board, the Chairman of the Finance Committee, the Chairman of the Building 

 Commmittee, the Chairman of the Auditing Commitee, and three other mem- 

 bers of the Board to be elected by ballot at the Annual Meeting. 



Sec 4. Four members of the Executive Committee shall constitute a 

 quorum, and in all other standing committees, two members shall constitute 

 a quorum. In the event that, owing to the absence or inability of members, 

 a quorum cannot be present at any meeting of any committee, then the Chair- 

 man thereof, or his successor, as herein provided, may summon any member 

 of the Board of Trustees to act in place of the absentee. 



Sec. 5. The Finance Committee shall have supervision of investing the 

 e ndowment and other permanent funds of the Corporation, and the care of 

 such real estate as may become its property. It shall have authority to invest, 

 sell, and reinvest, funds, subject to the approval of the Board. 



Sec 6. The Building Committee shall have supervision of the construc- 

 tion, reconstruction, extension, and maintenance of any kind and all buildings 

 used for Museum purposes. 



Sec. 7. The Executive Committee shall have supervision over all mat- 

 ters pertaining to the Museum. It shall, before the beginning of each fiscal 

 year, prepare and submit to the Board an itemized Budget, setting forth the 

 probable receipts from all sources for the ensuing year, and make recommen- 



