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Sec. 8. Any member who shall fail to pay his annual dues within 
three months after the same shall have become due, and after notice of 
thirty days, by mail, shall cease to be a member of the Society; subject, 
however, to reinstatement by the Board of Managers or Executive Com- 
mittee for good cause shown. 
Sec. 9. Any person elected to membership who shall fail to qualify 
within three months after notice of his election shall be considered to have 
declined his election; but such term may be extended by the Board of 
Managers or Executive Committee. 
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FINANCES. 
Sec. 1. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be the calendar year 
commencing January Ist and ending December 3Ist. 
Sec. 2. Neither the Society nor any of its Managers or Officers shall 
contract any debt which, with existing debts, shall exceed in amount the 
funds then in the Treasury, except to meet expenditures for which the 
City is liable, and for which the Society will be reimbursed by’ warrants 
from the Comptrollers’ office. 
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AMENDMENTS. 
Sec. 1. Amendments to these By-Laws may be proposed, in writing, 
at any meeting of the Board of Managers, and adopted by unanimous con- 
sent of the Managers present, or if such proposed amendment shall fail to 
receive unanimous consent, the Secretary shall, with the notices of the 
next meeting, send a copy of it to each Manager and state that it will be 
brought up for action at such meeting, when it may be passed by a ma- 
jority vote. 
