Oct. 1896. Annum. Rkport of the Director. 155 



Amended By-laws. 



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: 

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

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

 Third. — A copy of every publication of the Museum sold at the entrance door, 



and to the annual reports. 

 Fourth. — Invitations to all receptions, lectures or 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 recommendation 

 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 ($20.00) 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 corporate members shall be five dollars ($5.00) 

 after the first year of membership, and no one shall exercise the rights of a 

 1 orporate 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. 

 ( >nly corporate members shall be eligible to the office of Trustee. 



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. 



Sec. 5. Patrons shall be chosen by the Board of Trustees upon recommen- 

 dation of the Executive Committee from among persons who have rendered 

 eminent service to the Museum. They shall be exempt from all dues, and by 

 virtue of their election as patrons shall also be corporate members. 



Sec. 6. Honorary members shall be chosen from among persons who have 

 rendered eminent service to science, art or mechanics. They shall be chosen by 



