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mendation of the Executive Committee, from among persons who have ren- 

 dered 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 commemora- 

 tion 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 re- 

 maining members of the Board of Trustees at any regular meeting. 



Sec. 2. The other officers shall be President, two Vice-Presidents, Secre- 

 tary, 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 member of the Executive Committee and Chairman thereof, 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 Cor- 

 porate Member. 



Any officer may be removed 'at any regular meeting of the Board of Trus- 

 tees 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 Com- 

 mittee 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 Com- 

 mittee, 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 Committee 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 Chris- 

 topher 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 Sun- 

 day, and then upon the Monday following. At such meeting the Corporate 



