They elect themselves and present to the king _a candidate for each vacant place_.

_Finally, the general administration of the Museum will be confided to the officers of the establishment_, this implying the suppression of the Intendancy." (Hamy, _l.

c._, p.

37.) [27] Hamy, _l.

c._, p.37.The Faubourg Saint Victor was a part of the Quartier Latin, and included the Jardin des Plantes.
[28] _Devis de la Depense du Jardin National des Plantes et du Cabinet d'Histoire Naturelle pour l'Annee 1793_, presented to the National Convention by Citoyen Bernardin de Saint-Pierre.