become an Associate Member. Associate Members shall be exempt from all dues, 

 and shall be entitled to tickets admitting Member and members of family, includ- 

 ing non-resident home guests; all publications of the Museum issued during the 

 period of their membership, if so desired; reserved seats for all lectures and enter- 

 tainments under the auspices of the Museum, provided reservation is requested in 

 advance; and admission of holder of membership and accompanying party to all 

 special exhibits and Museum functions day or evening. Any person residing fifty 

 miles or more from the city of Chicago, paying into the treasury the sum of Fifty 

 Dollars ($50.00) at any one time, shall, upon the unanimous vote of the Board, 

 become a Non-Resident Associate Member. Non-Resident Associate Members 

 shall be exempt from all dues, and shall enjoy all the privileges and courtesies 

 of the Museum that are accorded to Associate Members. 



Section 10. Sustaining Members shall consist of such persons as are selected 

 from time to time by the Board of Trustees at any of its meetings, and who shall 

 pay an annual fee of Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00), payable within thirty days 

 after notice of election and within thirty days after each recurring annual date. 

 This Sustaining Membership entitles the Member to free admission for the Mem- 

 ber and family to the Museum on any day, the Annual Report and such other 

 Museum documents or publications issued during the period of their membership 

 as may be requested in writing. When a Sustaining Member has paid the annual 

 fee of $25.00 for six years, such Member shall be entitled to become an Associate 

 Member. 



Section 11. Annual Members shall consist of such persons as are selected 

 from time to time by the Board of Trustees at any of its meetings, and who 

 shall pay an annual fee of Ten Dollars ($10.00), payable within thirty days after 

 each recurring annual date. An Annual Membership shall entitle the Member 

 to a card of admission for the Member and family during all hours when the 

 Museum is open to the public, and free admission for the Member and family 

 to all Museum lectures and entertainments. This membership will also entitle 

 the holder to the courtesies of the membership privileges of every museum of note 

 in the United States and Canada, so long as the existing system of co-operative 

 interchange of membership tickets shall be maintained, including tickets for any 

 lectures given under the auspices of any of the museums during a visit to the cities 

 in which the co-operative museums are located. 



Section 12. All membership fees, excepting Sustaining and Annual, shall 

 hereafter be applied to a permanent Membership Endowment Fund, the interest 

 only of which shall be applied for the use of the Museum as the Board of Trustees 

 may order. 



ARTICLE II 



BOARD OF trustees 



Section 1. The Board of Trustees shall consist of twenty-one members. 

 The respective members of the Board now in office, and those who shall here- 

 after be elected, shall hold oflSce during life. Vacancies occurring in the Board 

 shall be filled at a regular meeting of the Board, upon the nomination of the 

 Executive Committee made at a preceding regular meeting of the Board, by a 

 majority vote of the members of the Board present. 



Section 2. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held on the third Mon- 

 day of the month. Special meetings may be called at any time by the President, 

 and shall be called by the Secretary upon the written request of three Trustees. 

 Five Trustees shall constitute a quorum, except for the election of officers or the 

 adoption of the Annual Budget, when seven Trustees shall be required, but meet- 

 ings may be adjourned by any less number from day to day, or to a day fixed, 

 previous to the next regular meeting. 



Section 3. Reasonable written notice, designating the time and place of 

 holding meetings, shall be given by the Secretary. 



ARTICLE III 

 honorary trustees 

 Section 1. As a mark of respect, and in appreciation of services performed 

 for the Institution, any Trustee who by reason of inability, on account of change 



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