ORGANIZATION 9 



subject to the provisions and be entitled to the benefits of sub- 

 division seven of section four of chapter nine hundred and eight 

 of the laws of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, as amended. 



Section II of said chapter one hundred and ninety -seven of 

 the laws of eighteen hundred and eighteen, entitled " An act 

 to incorporate the Lyceum of Natural History in the City of 

 New York," is hereby amended so as to read as follows : 



Section II. The said corporation shall from time to time 

 forever hereafter have power to make, constitute, ordain, and 

 establish such by-laws and regulations as it shall judge proper 

 for the election of its officers ; for prescribing their respective 

 functions, and the mode of discharging the same ; for the ad- 

 mission 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 meet- 

 ing of said corporation ; for suspending or expelling such mem- 

 bers as shall neglect or refuse to comply with the by-laws or 

 regulations, and for managing or directing the affairs or con- 

 cerns of the said corporation : and may from time to time alter 

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



Section III. Section three of said act is hereby amended so 

 as to read as follows : 



The officers of the said corporation shall consist of a presi- 

 dent and two or more vice-presidents, a corresponding secre- 

 tary, a recording secretary, a treasurer, and such other ofificers 

 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. Section V of said act is hereby amended so as 

 to read as follows : 



Section V. The present constitution of the said corporation 

 shall, after the passage of this act, continue to be the constitu- 

 tion thereof until amended as herein provided. Such constitu- 

 tion 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 



