Oct.  1899. 
Annual  Report  of  the  Director. 
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eminent  service  to  the  Museum.  They  shall  be  exempt  from  all  dues,  and,  by 
virtue  of  their  election  as  patrons,  shall  also  be  corporate  members. 
Sec.  6.  Honorary  members  shall  be  chosen  from  among  persons  who  have 
rendered  eminent  service  to  science,  art  or  mechanics.  They  shall  be  chosen  by 
a  vote  of  the  Trustees,  and  only  upon  unanimous  nomination  of  the  Executive 
Committee.  They  shall  be  exempt  from  all  dues.  In  commemoration  of  the  14th 
day  of  October,  honorary  members  shall  not  be  more  than  fourteen  in  number  at 
any  one  time. 
Sec.  7.  All  members  of  whatever  class  shall  be  eligible  to  appointment  upon 
committees  other  than  the  Executive  Committee. 
ARTICLE  II. 
OFFICERS. 
Section  i.  The  respective  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  now  in  office, 
and  those  who  shall  hereafter  be  elected,  shall  hold  office  during  life.  Vacancies 
occurring  in  the  Board  shall  be  filled  by  a  majority  vote  of  the  remaining  mem- 
bers of  the  Board  of  Trustees  at  any  regular  meeting. 
Sec.  2.  The  other  officers  shall  be  President,  two  A'ice-Presidents,  Secretary 
and  Treasurer,  and  an  Executive  Committee  of  four  persons,  who  shall  be  chosen 
by  ballot  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  from  their  own  number  as  early  as  practicable 
after  the  annual  meeting  in  each  year.  The  President  shall  be  ex-officio  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Executive  Committee,  in  addition  to  the  other  four  members.  The 
Secretary  and  Treasurer  may,  or  may  not,  be  the  same  person,  and  the  Secretary 
may,  or  may  not,  be  a  corporate  member. 
Any  officer  may  be  removed  at  any  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
by  a  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  members  of  the  Board.  Vacancies  in  any  office 
may  be  filled  by  the  Board  at  any  meeting. 
Sec.  3.  The  President  shall  appoint  from  among  the  Trustees  a  Committee 
on  Finance,  a  Committee  on  Property,  an  Auditing  Committee,  and  a  Committee 
on  Buildings  and  Grounds,  who  shall  serve  during  the  pleasure  of  the  Board. 
Sec.  4.  The  officers  shall  perform  such  duties  as  ordinarily  appertain  to 
their  respective  offices,  and  such  other  duties  as  the  Board  of  Trustees  may  from 
time  to  time  devolve  upon  them.  The  Treasurer  shall  give  bond  in  such  amount 
and  with  such  surety  as  shall  be  approved  by  the  Executive  Committee,  and  shall 
disburse  the  funds  of  the  Museum  only  in  accordance  with  the  directions  of  the 
Executive  Committee,  upon  the  signature  and  counter-signature  of  such  officers 
as  the  Executive  Comm;ttee  shall  empower  thereto. 
Sec.  5.  The  Executive  Committee  shall  have  full  control  of  the  affairs  of 
the  Museum,  under  the  general  supervision  of  the  Board  of  Trustees. 
ARTICLE  III. 
MEETINGS. 
Section  i.  In  commemoration  of  the  discovery  of  America  by  Christopher 
Columbus,  the  annual  meeting  of  the  corporate  members  shall  be  held  on  the  14th 
day  of  October  in  each  year,  except  when  that  day  falls  on  a  Sunday,  and  then 
upon  the  Monday  following.    At  such  meetings  the  corporate  members  shall 
