CONSTITUTION 



Adopted, April 24, 1902, and Amended at Subsequent Times 



Article I. The name of this Corporation shall Ije The N'ew York 

 Academy of Sciences. Its object shall be the advancement 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 five classes of members, 

 namely: Active Members, Fellows, Associate Members, Corresponding 

 Members and Honorary Members. Active ]\Iembers 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 retain their connection with the 

 Academy. Fellows shall be chosen from the Active Members in virtue of 

 their scientific attainments. Corresponding and Honorary Members shall 

 be chosen from among persons who have attained distinction in some 

 branch of science. The number of Corresponding Members shall not 

 exceed two hundred, and the number of Honorary Members shall not 

 exceed fifty. 



Article III. None but Fellows and Active Members who have paid 

 tlieir 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 President, as 

 many Vice-Presidents as there are sections of the Academy, a Correspond- 

 ing Secretary, a Eecording Secretary, a Treasurer, a Librarian, an Editor, 

 six elected Councilors and one additional Councilor from each allied 

 society or association. The annual election shall be lield 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 Committee of 

 three. 



Article V. The officers named in Article IV shall constitute a Coun- 

 cil, which shall be the executive body of the Academy with general control 

 over its affairs, including the power to fill ad interim any vacancies that 

 may occur in the offices. Past Presidents of the Academy shall be ex- 

 officio members of the Council. 



Article VI. Societies organized for the study of any branch of 

 science 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 paying the Academy's annual fee, but as 

 meuibers of an allied societv thev sliall be Associate ]\rombers witli the 



