loo Field Museum of Natural History — Reports, Vol. III. 



AMENDED BY-LAWS. 



(.\PRIL 30, IQ06.) 



ARTICLE I. 



MEMBERS. 



Section" i. Members shall be of five classes, Annual Members, Corporate 

 Members, Life Members, Patrons, and Honorary Members. 



Sec. 2. 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 

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

 The failure of any person to make such initiatory payment and such annual 

 payments within said time shall, at the option of the Board of Trustees, be 

 ground of forfeiture of annual membership. 



This said annual membership shall entitle the member to: 



First. — Free admittance for himself and family to the Museum on any day. 



Second. — Ten tickets every year admitting the bearer to the Museum on pay 

 days. 



Third. — .\ copy of every publication of the Museum sold at the entrance 

 door, and to the Annual Reports. 



Fourth. — Invitations to all receptions,' lectures, 01 other entertainments 

 which may be given at the Museum. 



Sec. 3. The Corporate Members shall consist of the persons named in 

 the articles of association, and of such other persons as shall be chosen from 

 time to time by the Board of Trustees at any of its meetings, upon the recom- 

 mendation of the Executive Committee; provided, that such persons named 

 in the articles of association shall, within ninety days from the adoption of 

 these By-Laws, and persons hereafter chosen as Corporate Members, shall, 

 within ninety days of their respective election, pay into the treasury the sum 

 of twenty dollars (S20.00) or more. The failure of any person to make such 

 payments within said time .shall, at the option of the Board of Trustees, be 

 ground for forfeiture of his corporate membership. The annual dues of Cor- 

 porate Members shall be five dollars (S5.00) after the first year of membership, 

 and no one shall exercise the rights of a Corporate Member until his dues are 

 paid; and] a delinquency of six months in the payment of annual dues shall be 

 ground for forfeiture of corporate membership. Corporate Members becoming 

 Life Members, Patrons, or Honorary Members shall be exempt from dues. 



Sec. 4. Any person paying into the treasury the sum of five hundred 

 dollars at any one time shall, upon the unanimous vote of the Trustees, become 

 a Life Member. Life Members shall be exempt from all dues. 



