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Executive Committee elected in February, 1887, shall forthwith 
draw lots for terms of one, two, three, four and five years, respec- 
tively, and the terms for which those drawing the two, three, four 
and five years, respectively, were elected, are hereby extended to 
cover those periods ; and hereafter at each annual election one 
member of the Executive Committee shall be elected to serve for 
five years. They shall have the control and regulation of the 
Collections, Library, and other property of the Museum ; and shall 
have power to purchase, sell, and exchange specimens and books, 
to employ agents, to regulate the manner and terms of exhibiting 
the Museum to the public, and generally to carry out in detail 
the directions of the Trustees ; but the Executive Committee 
shall not incur any expense or liability for the Museum exceeding 
two thousand dollars at one time, or exceeding, in all, ten thousand 
dollars, in the interval between the quarterly meetings of the 
Trustees, without the express sanction of the Trustees. 
ARTICLE VII. 
The Auditing Committee shall consist of three, and it shall be 
their duty to examine and certify all bills presented against the 
Corporation ; and no bills shall be paid unless first approved in 
writing by at least two members of this Committee. 
ARTICLE VIII. 
The Finance Committee shall consist of three, including the 
Treasurer, and it shall be their duty to take charge of and invest 
the funds of the Museum in its name, and to take all proper 
measures to provide means for its support. 
ARTICLE IX. 
A majority of the Trustees for the time being shall constitute a 
quorum for the transaction of business, but five Trustees meeting 
may adjourn and transact current business, subject to the subse- 
quent approval of a meeting at which a quorum shall be present. 
ARTICLE X. 
By-Laws may from time to time be made by the Trustees, 
providing for the care and management of the property of the 
Corporation, and for the government of its affairs. 
