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and regulations as it shall judge proper for the election of its oflBeers; for 

 prescribing their respective functions, and the mode of discharging the same; 

 for the admission of new members; for the government of officers and 

 members thereof; for collecting dues and contributions towards the funds 

 thereof; for regulating the times and places of meeting of said Corporation; 

 for suspending or expelling such members as shall neglect or refuse to comply 

 with the by-laws or regulations, and for managing or directing the affairs 

 or concerns of the said Corporation: and may from time to time alter or 

 modify its constitution, by-laws, rules, and regulations. 



Section III. The officers of the said Corporation shall consist of a 

 president and two or more vice-presidents, a corresponding secretary, a 

 recording secretary, a treasurer, and such other officers as the Corporation 

 may judge necessary; who shall be chosen in the manner and for the terms 

 prescribed by the constitution of the said Corporation. 



Section IV. The present constitution of the said Corporation shall, 

 after the passage of this act, continue to be the constitution thereof until 

 amended as herein pro\'ided. Such constitution as may be adopted by a 

 vote of not less than three-quarters of such resident members and fellows 

 of the said New York Academy of Sciences as shall be present at a meeting 

 thereof, called by the Recording Secretary for that purpose, within forty 

 days after the passage of this act, by written notice duly mailed, postage 

 prepaid, and addressed to each fellow and resident member at least ten days 

 before such meeting, at his last known place of residence, with street and 

 number when known, which meeting shall be held within three months 

 after the passage of this act, shall be thereafter the constitution of the said 

 New York Academy of Sciences, subject to alteration or amendment in the 

 manner pro\ided by such constitution. 



Section V. The said Corporation shall have power to consolidate, 

 to unite, to co-operate, or to ally itself with any other society or association 

 in the city of New York organized for the promotion of the knowledge or 

 the study of any science, or of research therein, and for this purpose to 

 receive, hold, and administer real and personal property for the uses of such 

 consolidation, union, co-operation, or alliance subject to such terms and 

 regulations as may be agreed upon with such associations or societies. 



Section VI. This act shall take effect immediately. 



State of New York, 



Office of the Secretary of State. 



I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, 

 and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and 

 the whole of said original law. 



