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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 officers shall perform such duties as ordinarily appertain to their 

 respective offices, and such as shall be prescribed by the By-Laws, or designated 

 from time to time by the Board of Trustees. 



ARTICLE V. 



THE TREASURER. 



Section i. The Treasurer shall be custodian of the funds of the Corporation. 

 He shall make disbursements only upon warrants drawn by the Director and coun- 

 tersigned 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 one of the Vice-Presidents. 

 But no warrants 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 as hereinafter prescribed. It shall be no part of the 

 duties of the Treasurer to see that the warrants have been issued in conformity 

 with such vouchers. 



Sec. 2. The securities and muniments of title belonging to the Corporation 

 shall be placed in the custody of some Trust Company of Chicago to be designated 

 by the Board of Trustees, which Trust Company shall collect the income and prin- 

 cipal of said securities as the same become due, and pay same to the Treasurer. 

 Said Trust Company shall allow access to and deliver any or all securities or muni- 

 ments of title to the joint order of the following officers, namely: The President 

 or one of the Vice-Presidents, jointly with the Chairman, or one of the Vice-Chair- 

 men, of the Finance Committee of the Museum. 



Sec. 3. The Treasurer shall give bond in such amount, and with such sureties, 

 as shall be approved by the Board of Trustees. 



Sec. 4. All vouchers executed for the payment of liabilities incurred in the 

 administration of the Museum, shall be verified by the Auditor, and approved for 

 payment by the Director, and the Chairman of the Administration Committee. 

 All vouchers executed for expenditures for the construction or reconstruction of the 

 Museum building, or buildings, shall be verified by the Auditor and approved for 

 payment by the Chairman of the Building Committee. All vouchers executed in 

 connection with the investments of the Corporation, or, in any way having to do 

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

 approved for payment by the Chairman of the Finance Committee. 



ARTICLE VL 



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 immediate 

 charge and supervision of the Museum, and shall control the operations of the 

 institution, subject to the authority of the Board of Trustees and its Committees. 

 The Director shall be the official medium of communication between the Board, 

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



Sec. 2. There shall be four scientific departments of the Museum- Anthropology, 

 Botany, Geology and Zoology, each under the charge of a Curator, subject to the 



