ORGANIZATION 119 



CONSTITUTION. 

 Adopted, April 24, 1902. 



Article I. The name of this Corporation shall be The New 

 York Academy of Sciences. Its objects shall be the advance- 

 ment and diffusion of scientific knowledge, and the center of 

 its activities shall be in the City of New York. 



Article II. The Academy shall consist of four classes of 

 members, namely : Active Members, Fellows, Corresponding 

 Members and Honorary Members. Active Members shall be 

 the members of the Corporation who live in or near the City of 

 New York, or who, having removed to a distance, desire to re- 

 tain their connection with the Academy. Fellows shall be 

 chosen from the Active Members in virtue of their scientific at- 

 tainments, Corresponding and Honorary Members shall be 

 chosen from among the men of science of the world who have 

 attained distinction as investigators. The number of Corre- 

 sponding Members shall not exceed two hundred, and the num- 

 ber of Honorary Members shall not exceed fifty. 



Article III. None but Fellows and Active Members who 

 have paid their dues up to and including the last fiscal year, 

 shall be entitled to vote or to hold office in the Academy. 



Article IV. The officers of the Academy shall be a Presi- 

 dent, as many Vice-Presidents as there are sections of the 

 Academy, a Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Secretary, 

 a Treasurer, a Librarian, an Editor, and six Councillors. The 

 annual election shall be held on the third Monday in December, 

 the officers then chosen to take office at the first meeting in 

 January following. 



There shall also be elected at the same time a Finance Com- 

 mittee of three. 



Article V. The officers named in Article IV shall consti- 

 tute a Council, which shall be the executive body of the Acad- 

 emy with general control over its affairs, including the power 

 to fill ad interim any vacancies that may occur in its offices. 

 Past Presidents of the Academy shall be ex-officio members of 

 the Council-. 



