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DONATIONS.
To the Library, 22, 25, 52, 57, 61, 27, 81, 140, 156.
To the Cabinets, 21, 22, 50, 25, 137, 155.
Dothidea pomigena,
193
ESSEX COUNTY NAT. HIS. SOCIETY. Act of Incorporation, 4
ESSEX HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Act of Incorporation, 3
ESSEX INSTITUTE.
Preliminary remarks,
1
Aet of Incorporation, .
5
Constitution of, .
By-Laws,
8
List of Officers,
11, 23, 53, 80, 141
Sketch of the History of,
.
14-1
HORTICULTURE.
Report on,
22, 52, 78, 140
Contributions to department of, 208
Hildenbrandtia sanguinea,
193
Hydrothyria venosa,
188
Ilex paraguayensis,
137
Indian Skulls at North Andover,
14
Lonieera sempervirens,
273
Myriangium Curtisii, noticed,
146
OBITUARY NOTICES of
Adams, C. B. .
50
Cole, Thomas,
23, 49
Gibbs, William,
Mack, Elisha,
19
Nichols, Andrew 49
Pierson, A. L. 50
Sprague, Jos. G. 49
Tenney, John, 50
Ward, Israel,
Weston, G. L.
196
White, Charles
11
Peach-gun,
15
PORTLAND NAT. HIST. SOCIETY. Letter from,
Resolutions concerning,
.
59
Phragmotrichum Chailletii, .
191
15
20
21
Plants notleed at Danvers,
Essex Woods, 13
Lynmickel,. 12 .
Manchester,
.
13 North Adover, 1-1 Wenham, . 12
Plants new to Essex Co. flora,
188
Of rare occurrence,
194, 270
SALEM ATHENAEUM.
Communications from, 80, 141, 112
Salem, First Church, Covenant of, 262
Catalogne of the first Communicants
of,
264
Notes on Covenant of,
.
Sphæromphale atra, n. sp.,
191
Sphæronema subtile,
195
Verruearia maura,
191
Verrucaria perpusilla, n. sp.,
193
Victoria regia, description of,
VOLUME II. 1856-1860.
COMMUNICATIONS.
Atwood, N. E. On the Habits of Fish- es,
Beaman, C. C. On James Otis, . 137.175
On the Hopkin's Family of Rhode Is- land,
Buttrick, S. B. Floral Calendars, Spring of 1855 and 1856,
List of Plants noticed in Salem and vicinity, 1857, 233
Chute, A. P. On the Natural History of Lynntield, 46
Dornbach, L. MI. Solanine in the Pota- to, 285
Endicott, C. M. Genealogy,
Account of the Capture of the Ship Friendship,
Farmer, 31. G. On the Gyroscope, 91
On the produet of a Field of Corn in Boseawen, N. H., 336
Fowler, S. P. On the Life of Rev. Sam- nel Parris, 49 On the different species of Oaks, 204 On the Abies canadensis, 2208
Memoir of the Ministers of Salem Village, (Danvers,) 248 On a supposed new species of Toad, 281 On the Ornithology of the United
States,
327
On The cultivation of Native Plants, 399
Gregory, J. J. H. On Indian relics, 149 On the Geology of Marblehead,
306 On the Apple, . 341
Ives, J. M. On the cultivation of the Apple and Pear, 323 Blight on Pear Trees, 359
Manning, Robert, Grafting, 244
On the cultivation of new varieties of Fruit, 251
Mudge, B. F. On the Geology of Man- chester, 39
On Salt Marshes of Lynn, 117
On the serpentine at Lynnfield, 201
On the fructification of the Oaks, 301 On the Geology of Middleton, 385
On the Geology of Groveland, 100
Perry, G. B. On Lightning Rods, &c., 44 Phippen, G. D. On Introduction of Native Plants, 23
On Plants found in Manchester, 38
On Plants found in South Danvers, 203 211 On the Onion disease,
On the Old Planters, 249 On Plants found at Lynnfield, 293
On the cultivation of the Dodder, 400
Putnam, F. W. On the coloration of Fishes, 366 On the Geographical distribution of Fishes, 300 Roberts, David, Early History of the Pilgrim Church, 321
On an old Salem Custom House Book, 434
Russell, John L. On the Infusorial Earths,
Notice of Josselyn's New England
Rarities,
95
On the Cryptogamic Vegetation of
Fayal, .
134
On the Autumnal Marrow Squash, 353 422
On the Epiphytes, On the donation of E. D. Ropes, 427 Streeter, G. L. On Essex Frigate, 73 Clergyman of Salem during the Re- volution, 121
Ilistorical Notice of Salein Scene- ry 250
Stone, L. R. The Trial of George Ja- cobs, 353 Tracy, C. M. Flora of Nahant, 272
Plants noticed in North Danvers, 300 Plants noticed in Middleton, 383
On Historical Notices of the Scenery and the Plants of Sangus, . 389
Plants of North Andover, . 401
Plants at Beverly Farms, 414
True, Joseph, Shells gathered about Salem, 187
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Upton, James, Notes on the ripening of sixty varieties of Pears in the year 1856, 429 On the ripening of Summer and All- tumn Pears, and on the Preservation of the late keeping varieties, 431
Weinland, D. F. On the Egg-Tooth of Snakes and Lizards, with a plate, 28 On the Armature of the lower bill of the hatching Tringa pusilla, 115 On the egg-shell of the viviparons Snakes, 186
Wheatland, Henry, Historical Notice of
Essex Co. Nat. Hist. Society, 24 Historical Notice of the Essex Insti- tute, 36 Ilistorical Notice of the Social and Philosophieal Libraries, 140
Wheatland, Richard H. On the finding a specimen of Motella at Nahant, 293 On the coloration of Fishes, 361 Several species of Fishes noticed, 318 On Acipenser brevirostis, &c., 353
On the Tailor Bee, . 390, 418
On Cristatella, .
tus
On donations of E. D. Ropes, Charles Millet 2d, &c., 125
Cutler, Temple Donations of MSS. of his grandfather, the late Rev. Dr. Cutler of Hamilton, 229
DONATIONS.
To the Cabinets, 4, 5, 6, 23, 32, 42, 46, 49, 82, 94, 115, 119, 120, 133, 138, 145, 161, 180, 203, 207, 210, 218, 224, 220, 231, 242, 213, 246, 245, 219, 250, 251, 255, 269, 280, 290, 298, 305. 315, 318,320, 322, 336, 313, 351, 354, 358, 362, 364, 369, 322, 377, 3-2, 389, 398, 405, 412, 117 , 419, 421, 422, 421, 425, 434.
To the Library, 8, 521, 32, 42, 46, 48, 22, 82, 94, 115, 119, 120, 133, 138, 146, 161, 183, 202, 202, 210, 218, 224, 228, 230, 242, 243, 246, 219, 250, 251, 260, 269, 279, 290, 294, 305, 314, 317, 320, 321, 336, 313, 351, 351, 358, 362, 364, 369, 372, 377, 382, 3>>, 392, 404, 412, 412, 419, 421, 122, 123, 125, 429, 434.
Essex County Natural History Society, Notice of, 24 Essex County Teachers' Association, Meeting at Salem,
Essex Institute, Notice of,
Eutassa excelsa, Letters respecting ir
in Fayal, form T. W. Higginson, 21 From W. Driver,
Magnolia glauca, 34,38, 41
OBITUARY NOTICES of
Braman, Isaac, 371
Downing, Thomas,
llarris, T. W.
Howes, F.
Ives, Benj. H.
King, John G.
220, 254
Lakeman, E. K.
Locke, John,
178
Masury, S. R.
320
Nichols, Andrew,
Nichols, Ichabod,
Oakes, William, 26
Phillips, S. C. 256
Pickman, William, 129
Richardson, William P. 178
Shepard, Israel D. 256
Shepard, MI. 178
Treadwell, John W. 178
Warren, JJohn C. 3
Wood, John G. 3:0
Officers elected, 20, 195, 263, 325 Osgood, Henry, Letter describing an improved Fruit basket, 200 Plants found at Wenham, July 10th, 1×57, 210
Prescott, W. II. Notice of his death, 34+ Judge White's letter in relation to the same, 344 Batcheller, J. Remarks, 349
Crosby, A.
REPORTS.
Batchelder, Jacob, On Lightning and Lightning Rods, &c.,
Endicott, C. M. On the authenticity of an old building on the estate of D. Nichols, being built from the frame of the First Church, 435 Mudge, B. F. On Mineralogy,
Phippen, George D. On the Historical Magazine,
Putnam, F. W. On Ornithology, 9, 369 Roberts, David, On Judge White's
munitieent donation to Library, 218 Russell, J. L. On the Herbarium, 14, 369 Secretary, 1, 127, 255, 300 Stone, L. R. On Historical Depart- ment, 369
Wheatland, Henry, Comparative Ana- tomy, 369
Wheatland, R. ii. On Ichthyology, 12 On Mammalia, Ichthyology and Rep- tiles, 369
Winsor, F. On Mammalogy, 13
Russell, J. L. Notice of his Botanical Lectures, 335
Salem Athenaum, Proposals for occu- pying Plummer Hall, 16, 120, 139
Ship Rock, 197
VOLUME III, 1860-1863.
COMMUNICATIONS, Verbal. Agassiz, L. On the growth of the Natica Heros, 252 Barden, S. On the minerals of Rock-
port, 205 Batchelder, Jacob, On the decimal sys-
tem in Weights and Measures, 56 On the Saccharine qualities of the Beet Root, 55
Dodge, A. W. Historical notice of Hamilton, 29 Gregory, J. J. II. On the geology of Lynn, . 101 On the geology of Cape Ann, 205
Jackson, C. T. On the geology of Rock-
port,
274
"Nichols, David, On Photographs of Washington, 229 Oliver, H. K. On the habits of the Honey Bee, 256 Osgood, George, On Notice of Rev. Dr. Cutler and the plants of Hamilton, 31 Phippen, George D. On Fibrilia or Flax Cotton, 61
Historical Notice of Cape Ann. 97
Reed, J. W. On the Topographical his- tory of the Merrimac River, 19 Russell, J. L. On plants at Groveland, Is Roberts, David, On the character of D. A. White,
Tracy, C. M. On plants at Topsfield, 15 On plants at Gloucester, .
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On Woodwaxen, 201
On plants at Rockport, 276
Wheatland, H. On Minerals on Salem 280 Neck,
Wheatland, R. H. On the development of the Common Toad, 36 Wildles, G. D. Historical notice of New- buryport, 285
COMMUNICATIONS, Written.
Barden, Stillman, On the Geology of Rockport, 231
Beaman, C. C. Historical Sketch of the Howard Street Church, Salem, 126 On the Geographical outline of Cape Cod, its discoverv, 130
Felt, Joseph B. Historical Notice of Hamilton, 214 On Jolm Endicott, the First Gover- nor. 239 Historical Sketch of the Forts on
Salem Neck,
279
Fowler, S. P. On changes produced by civilization in the habits of our com- mon birds, 31
On Cotton Mather, 119
Goodell Jr., Abner C. On the History of the Puritans, 182 On "New England's Heraldry,"
Historical Notice of Salisbury and
Amesbury, 261 Gregory, J. J. H. On the Topography
of Powow Ilill,
269
King, Henry F. On the "Nottingham Earth," (infusorial) 39 Mackenzie, S. S. On the Geology of Topsfield, 77
Markoe, G. F. H. Catalogue of Plants observed in Fruit and Flower at West Gloucester, July 6th, 1860, 24
Plants collected at Amesbury and Salisbury,
Ordway, Henry L. On the Canker Worm, 291
Phippen, George D. On the Instinct of Plants, 41 On the fibrile texture of the Milk- weed, 215
Quiney, Josiah, Letter on the correct-
ness of the likeness of Washington in possession of David Nichols, 230 Russell, J. L. Report on the Herbari- 77
Sendder, S. HI. A list of the Butterflies of New England, 161 Shurtleff, C. A. Report on the Army Worm, 193
Shute, J. G. On the Opossum, 288
Upham, W. P. On the Orderly Books of Gen. John Glover, 235
On Relics found at Fort Pickering, 296 Verrill, A. E. Notice of a Primnoa trom St. George's Bank, 127
On the structure of Corals and the
Polyps producing them, 132 Catalogue of Birds found at Norway, Me., 136
Birds found in Maine and not observ- .
ed in Norway, Me., 156
On the Classification of Birds, 208
Whittier, John G. Flowers, and Flow- ering Shrubs and Vines at Amesbury and Salisbury, 271
DONATIONS.
To the Library, 1, 6, 12, 17, 23, 29, 46, 48, 56, 58, 59, 60, 75, 82, 88, 95, 100, 108, 113, 112, 124, 125, 126, 130, 179, 180, 183, 184, 186, 191, 204, 218, 221, 224, 228, 231, 233, 235, 239, 240, 247, 252, 259, 223, 229, 283, 288, 280, 290, 295, To the Cabinets, 1, 6, 13, 17, 23, 29, 46, 49, 56, 58, 60, 25, 83, 88, 95, 101, 108, 113, 117, 124, 125, 126, 130, 180, 183, 224, 228, 184, 187, 192, 203, 218, 22%,
231, 233, 235, 239, 240, 245, 252, 259,
273, 279, 284, 285, 289, 291, 295.
HORTICULTURE.
Reports on, 8, 247
Lectures, Notices of, . 244, 284
Mass. Provincial Statutes, Resolutions for the reprinting of the same by the State, . 234
OBITUARY NOTICES of
Amory, Elizabeth, 1
Andrews, George, 241
Bowditch, N. I.
Brown, William,
243
Chandler, Samuel, .
229
Dodge, George F. 5
Fettyplace, Hlenry King, 185
Gardner, Barnard West, 72
Gibbs, Josiah Willard, 73
Kimball, David Tenny, 3
Kimball, Nathaniel Augustus, 242
Lewis, Alonzo, 73
Macmullen, William,
185
Odell, Thomas F.
Perry, Gardner Braman,
5
Potter, William Oliver, .
186
Putnam, Charles Fiske,
243
Rider, George Washington, 5
Sibley, John S. 242
Stone, John Hubbard,
Upham Jr., Charles Wentworth, 4
Walker, Samuel,
Waters, John Gillison, 3
185
Whipple, Charles J. 72
4
White, Daniel Appleton, 73
Williams Jr., Charles F. 042
Williams, John B. 74
Williams, William, 71
Woodberry, Larkin, 72
Officers chosen,
9, 79, 189, 250
Treasurer's Reports,
77,188, 248
White, D. A. Notice of his death, reso- lutions, &c., . 63, 65
Potter, Joseph A.
.
Webb, John Felt,
Whipple, Jonathan Lovett,
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VOLUME IV, 1864-1865.
Records of Meetings. Quarterly lists of the Additions to the Museum and Library.
COMMUNICATIONS :
J. A. ALLEN.
Catalogue of Birds found at Springfield, Mass., with Notes on their Migrations, Habits, &c., together with a List of those Birds found in the State not yet observ- ed at Springfield. p. 45. Notes on the Habits and Distribution of the Duck Hawk, or American Pere- grine Falcon, in the Breeding Season, and Descriptions of the Eggs. p. 153. D. M. BALCII.
On Sodalite at Salem. p. 1.
On Native Grapes. P. 140.
GEORGE II. EMERSON. On Magnetite and an unknown Mineral at Nahant. Ţ. 6. ALPHEUS HYATT.
Remarks on Polyzoa, order Phalactolemata. Part 1. With nine plates. p. 197. EDWARD S. MORSE.
A Classification of Mollusca, based on the "Principle of Cephalization." With a plate. P. 162. A. S. PACKARD, JR.
Notes on the Family Zygænida. With two plates.
The Humble Bees of New England and their Parasites; with notices of a new species of Anthophorabia, and a new genus of Proctotrupida. With a plate. p. 107. F. W. PUTNAM.
Notes on the Habits of some species of Humble Bees. p. 08.
Notes ou the Leaf-cutting Bee. p. 105.
A. E. VERRILL.
Classification of Polyps; (Extract condensed from a Synopsis of the Polypi of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Captains Ringgold and Rodgers, U. S. N.) Part I. p. 145. Synopsis of the Polypi of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under Cap- tains Ringgold and Rodgers, U. S. N. Aleyonaria. Part II. With twoplates. p. isi.
NATURALISTS' DIRECTORY.
Part I. North America and the West Indies. ( Alphabetical Arrangement.) Issued in No. V.
Part II. North America and the West Indies. ( Systematic Arrangement.) Commenced in No. VI, will be completed in volume five.
In 1854 Miss Caroline Plummer bequeathed to the Salem Athe- næum $30,000. to be expended in the erection of a suitable building to contain the Library of that Institution; granting liberty, also, to have the rooms occupied for meetings of literary and scientific so- cieties, and for the deposit of works of art and natural productions. She moreover provides, that in case the Library of the Athenaeum should ever become a public library her bequest should not be for- feited ; evidently designing that the building erected from the proceeds of her legacy should be the seat of letters and science in this place.
Upon the completion of the building in 1857, the following propo- sals were agreed upon by both Societies at meetings held in April of that year :-
The Proprietors of the Salem Athenaeum agree-
Ist. To allow the Essex Institute to use the rooms on the lower floor of PLUMMER HALL, for any purpose consistent with the terms of Miss Plummer's will.
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2d. To allow the Essex Institute, after the Athenaeum has been accommodated, sufficient space for their library on the second floor, together with such privileges in all the rooms on the same floor, as may be necessary for the care, delivery and consulting of their books.
3d. To allow members of the Essex Institute, who have paid all their dues to that body, to consult the books of the Atheneum Library.
Provided ; That the Essex Institute, at a legal meeting called for the special purpose of considering this subject, shall agree :-
Ist. To pay to the Athenaeum, annually, the sum of three hundred dollars.
2d. To allow the Proprietors to consult the books of the Institute Library.
3d. To pay one half the expense of warming the building and keeping its approaches unobstructed.
4th. That two years notice by either party may terminate this agreement.
The committee, of which Hon. R. S. Rogers was chairman, ap- pointed to superintend the construction of the necessary cabinets &c., for the deposit of the Library and collections in Plummer Hall, faithfully attended to the duties assigned and obtained the requisite funds without recourse to the ordinary income of the Society, viz. :
By subscription in 1857 from 74 individuals, $2587 50
By net proceeds from Ladies' Fair, September 1860, 2043 62
Sundries,
12 00
4643 12
The debits to this account are as follows :
Cabinets, removal &c.,
3632 12
Interest on loans,
77 25
To the Publication account,
303 75
Deposited in Salem Savings Bank,
630 00
4613 12
The sincere thanks of the Institute are due to those generous in- dividuals who contributed the first named sum, and also to the Ladies by whose untiring exertions, the second sum was placed at its disposal.
Arrangements were thus made for what were then considered am- ple accommodations for the library and collections of the Institute. Since that time numerous additions have been, and are being made, to the library and to the museum, so that it has now become neces- sary to devise some plan to enable the Institute to meet the continu- ally increasing demands upon its resources and to enable it to carry ont the objects of its organization in a suitable and proper manner.
May not the Institute hope that its friends and the patrons of science and literature, will soon give that aid which is so essential to a complete development of all its plans and a continuation of its usefulness.
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CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS
OF THE ESSEX INSTITUTE.
CONSTITUTION.
ARTICLE I.
OBJECTS.
The objects of the ESSEX INSTITUTE are the collection and preser- vation of materials for the Civil and Natural History of the County of Essex, the promotion of the Science of Natural History and the advancement of Horticulture.
ARTICLE II.
OFFICERS.
The officers of the Institute shall consist of a President, a Vice President of each department, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Librarian, a Superintendent of the Museum, and Curators ; who, together, shall constitute a Board of Directors.
ARTICLE III.
MEMBERS.
Any person residing in the County of Essex may be chosen a Resident Member.
Any person not residing in the County of Essex may be chosen a Corresponding member.
Any Resident Member who shall remove from the County may be- come a Corresponding Member by giving notice of his removal and paying all arrears.
Resident Members only shall be entitled to vote or be eligible to any office.
ARTICLE IV.
ELECTIONS.
Officers and members shall be chosen by ballot. Offieers shall be eleeted at the Annual Meeting, except those chosen to fill vacancies who shall be elected at a Stated Meeting.
Resident Members shall be nominated in writing at the meeting preceding their election.
Corresponding Members having been nominated by the Directors may be chosen at any meeting.
ARTICLE V.
MEETINGS.
Meetings shall be held every year at the rooms of the Institute on the second Wednesday in the months of February, May, August and November, at three o'clock in the afternoon.
The Meeting in May shall be the regular Annual Meeting of the Institute.
Other Meetings may be called as provided in the By-Laws.
ARTICLE VI.
QUORUMI.
Five Members shall be a Quorum for holding any meeting of the the Institute, or of the Board of Directors.
ARTICLE VIL. ASSESSMENTS.
The yearly Assessment of each Resident Member shall be Two Dollars, payable at the annual meeting.
ARTICLE VIII.
ALTERATIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS.
The By-Laws shall not be repealed or amended except by the votes of two-thirds of the Resident Members present at a Stated Meeting.
The Constitution shall not be amended unless by the votes of three-quarters of the Resident Members present at a Stated Meet- ing, and after special notice of the proposed amendments shall have been given at two previous Stated Meetings.
BY-LAWS.
CHAPTER I.
OF MEMBERS.
No Member who shall be in arrears for one year shall be entitled to vote or hold any office; and any member so in arrears, who shall refuse or neglect to pay his dues for six months after being notified thereof by the Treasurer, shall cease to be a member of the Institute. Provided, however, that any member may, in lien of the annual as- sessment, pay the sum of thirty dollars to be added to the funds of the Institute, the annual interest thereof to be considered as the payment of the annual assessment of said member.
CHAPTER II. OF OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES.
The PRESIDENT shall be the presiding officer of the Institute and of the Board of Directors.
The VICE PRESIDENTS Shall perform the duties of the President in his absence. They shall also be chairmen of their respective de- partments.
The SECRETARY shall give notice of all meetings and record their proceedings ; notify all members and officers of their election; have charge of all papers and documents; conduct the general corres- pondence, and report the doings of the Institute during the year, at the annual meeting. He shall also be, er-officio, a member of all Standing Committees.
The TREASURER Shall have charge of the fiscal concerns of the In- stitute ; keep an exact account of all receipts and expenditures, and report the same at the annual meeting.
The LIBRARIAN shall receive and shall have in custody all books and other printed works, maps, charts and diagrams of the Institute, attend to their arrangement, cataloguing and preservation ; conduct the correspondence relating to the Library ; acknowledge all dona- tions thereto, and report on its condition at the annual meeting.
The SUPERINTENDENT Shall have the general charge of all speci- mens belonging to the Museum, their arrangement and preser- vation ; acknowledge all donations to the Museum ; conduct the cor- respondenee relating to it ; make such use of the duplicates as may be beneficial to science, and report annually on its condition.
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The CURATORS shall have the special charge of the arrangement, cataloguing and labeling of specimens belonging to their respective sections. Each Curator shall report on the condition and wants of his section at the annual meeting.
The BOARD OF DIRECTORS Shall have full power to act for the inter- est of the Institute in any way not inconsistent with the Constitu- tion and By-Laws.
The following Committees shall be chosen at the Annual Meeting.
A FINANCE COMMITTEE, who shall have the direction of the funds of the Institute and annually examine and audit the accounts of the Treasurer.
A LIBRARY COMMITTEE, who shall, with the Librarian, have the general superintendence of the Library and shall make an annual examination of its condition in May.
A COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS. who shall have the management of all Publications of the institute and regulate the manner of their distribution.
A LECTURE COMMITTEE, who shall arrange for such courses of Lectures as may be deemed advisable.
A COMMITTEE ON FIELD MEETINGS, who shall determine when and where Field Meetings shall be held, and have the general manage- ment of the same.
The above Committees shall report their respective doings at the Annual Meetings.
CHAPTER III.
OF DEPARTMENTS.
The HISTORICAL DEPARTMENT Shall be divided into three sections : I, Ethnology ; 2, M muscripts ; 3, Fine Arts.
The DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY into nine sections : 1, Ge- ology ; 2, Mineralogy ; 3, Paleontology ; 4, Botany ; 5, Comparative Anatomy ; 6, Vertebrati; 7, Articulata; 8, Mollusca ; 9, Radiata.
The DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE into two sections : 1, Fruit and Vegetables ; 2, Flowers.
The Vice President and Curators of each of these Departments, with the Superintendent, shall be a committee for its management.
CHAPTER IV.
OF THE MUSEUM.
The Museum shall be open to Members and the public at such times and under such regulations as the Directors may determine.
No specimen shall be taken from the rooms except by permission of the Committee of the department to which it belongs, upon a written application made to the Secretary, or Superintendent ; specimens may, however, be sent by the Superintendent to acknowl- edged competent persons for identification.
Every facility in the power of the Superintendent, and consistent with the welfare of the specimens, shall be given to persons visit- ing the Museum for the purpose of study and comparison.
CHAPTER V.
OF THE LIBRARY.
The Library Committee shall divide the books and other articles belonging to the Library into three classes, viz. : (a) those which are not to be removed from the building; (b) those which may be
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taken from the halls only by written permission of three members of the committee, who shall take a receipt for the same and be re- sponsible for their safe return; (c) those which may circulate under the following rules.
Members shall be entitled to take from the Library one folio, or. two quarto volumes, or four volumes of any lesser fold, with the plates belonging to the same, upon having them recorded by[ the Librarian, or Assistant Librarian, and promising to make good any damage they sustain while in their possession, and to replace the same if lost, or pay the sum fixed by the Library Committee.
No person shall lend any book belonging to the Institute, except- ing to a member, under a penalty of one dollar for every such offence .
The Library Committee may allow members to take more than the allotted number of books upon a written application, and may also permit other persons than members to use the Library, under such conditions as they may impose.
No person shall detain any book longer than four weeks from the time of its being taken from the Library, if notified that the same is wanted by another member, under a penalty of five cents per day, and no volume shall be retained longer than three months at one time under the same penalty.
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