178 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
ARTICLE V. 
SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL. 
_ Sec. 1. The Executive Committee shall annually appoint a_ Scientific 
Council of not more than ten members, and shall fill all vacancies. Mem- 
bers of the Council shall hold office until their successors are appointed. 
Sec. 2. The duties of the Council shall be to act as an advisory board 
in all matters pertaining to the scientific administration of the Society, 
and especially as to the scientific features of the Park, the promotion of 
zoology by publications and otherwise, and the preservation of the native 
fauna of America. 
Sec. 3. Four members, including the Chairman, shall constitute a 
quorum. The Chairman shall be elected annually by the Council. The 
Chairman of the Executive Committee and the Secretary of the Society 
shall be members e.v-officio of the Council. 
AR DECE Raval 
MEMBERS. 
Sec. 1. The present members and such others as shall become asso- 
ciated with them, under the conditions prescribed by the By-Laws, shall 
be members of this Society as long as they shall comply with the By-Laws. 
Sec. 2. Members failing to comply with these By-Laws, or for other 
good and sufficient cause, may be expelled from the Society by the Execu- 
tive Committee. 
Sec. 3. Candidates for membership shall be proposed and seconded by 
members of the Society. The name, occupation, and place of residence of 
every member as proposed shall be submitted for election to the Board of 
Managers or the Executive Committee, and such person, when elected, 
shall become a member upon payment of the annual dues, or of the fees 
as prescribed below. 
Sec. 4. There shall be a class known as Fellows, which shall consist 
of members of the Society who have rendered marked services to science, 
and shall be chosen by the Executive Committee. The privileges and dues 
of Fellows shall be, in all respects, the same as those of regular members 
of the Society. 
Sec. 5. The annual dues shall be ten dollars, payable in advance, on 
the first day of May of each year, but the Executive Committee may remit 
the dues for the curent year in the case of members elected between Jan- 
uary Ist and May Ist of each year. The classes of membership shall be as 
follows: 
Sec. §. The payment of $200 at one time shall constitute any member 
a Life Member. 
Sec. 7. The payment of $1,000 at one time, or in the case of a Life 
Member, of $800, shall constitute any member a Patron. 
Sec. 8. The payment of $2,500 at one time, or in the case of a Patron 
of $1,500, or of a Life Member of $2,300, shall constitute any member an 
Associate Founder. 
Sec. 9. Any member who shall donate to the Society $5,000, or prop- 
erty of equal value, or any Associate Founder who shall donate $2,500, or 
any Patron who shall donate $4,000, may be elected by the Board of Man- 
agers or Executive Committee a Founder. 
