518 ANNALS NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



may become allied with the New York Academy of Sciences by consent of 

 the Council. Members of allied societies may become Active Members of 

 the Academy by pacing the Academy's annual fee, but as members of an 

 allied society they shall be Associate Members with the rights and privileges 

 of other Associate Members, except the receipt of its publications. Each 

 allied society shall have the right to delegate one of its members, who is also 

 an Active Member of the Academy, to the Council of the Academy, and such 

 delegate shall have all the rights and privileges of other Councilors. 



Article VII. The President and Vice-Presidents shall not be eligible 

 to more than one re-election until three years after retiring from office; the 

 Secretaries and Treasurer shall be eligible to re-election without limitation. 

 The President, Vice-presidents and Secretaries shall be Fellows. The 

 terms of office of elected Councilors shall be three years, and these officers 

 shall be so grouped that two, at least one of whom shall be a Fellow, shall 

 be elected and two retired each year. Councilors shall not be eligible to 

 re-election until after the expiration of one year. 



Article VIII. The election of officers shall be by ballot, and the 

 candidates ha\ing the greatest number of votes shall be declared duly elected. 



Article IX. Ten members, the majority of whom shall be Fellows, 

 shall form a quorum at any meeting of the Academy at which business is 

 transacted. 



Article X. The Academy shall establish by-laws, and may amend 

 them from time to time as therein provided. 



Article XL This Constitution may be amended by a vote of not less 

 than three fourths of the fellows and three fourths of the active members 

 present and voting at a regular business meeting of the Academy, provided 

 that such amendment shall be publicly submitted in writing at the preceding 

 business meeting, and provided also that the Recording Secretary shall send 

 a notice of the proposed amendment at least ten days before the meeting, 

 at which a vote shall be taken, to each Fellow and Active Member entitled 

 to vote. 



BY-LAWS. 



As Adopted, October 6, 1902, and Amended at Subsequent Times. 



Chapter I. 



OFFICERS. 



1. President. It shall be the duty of the President to preside at the 

 business and special meetings of the Academy; he shall exercise the cus- 

 tomary duties of a presiding officer. 



