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Sec. 14. Benefactors, Founders in Perpetuity, Founders, Associate 

 Founders, Patrons, Life Members, Honorary Members, Permanent Fel- 

 lows, and Corresponding Members shall be exempt from annual dues. 



ARTICLE VII. 



PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERS. 



Sec. I. A member's ticket admits the member and his immediate 

 family to the Park on reserve days, and to all lectures and special exhibi- 

 tions, and may be used by the member's immediate family, and shall be 

 good for the current year. 



Sec. 2. Admission tickets to the Park and Aquarium on reserve days 

 are issued to members for distribution, and are good for the current year. 



Sec. 3. Each member of the Society is entitled annually to a mem- 

 ber's ticket and to ten admission tickets. 



Sec. 4. Each member shall also receive one copy of the catalogue or 

 handbook, the report and official publications of the Society, and shall 

 have all the privileges of the Library and Members' Building. 



Sec. 5. No member shall be entitled to the privileges enumerated in 

 this Article vmless his annual dues shall have been paid. 



Sec. 6. The Life Members shall have all the privileges of members 

 and ten additional admission tickets. 



Sec. 7. Benefactors, Founders in Perpetuity, Founders, Associate 

 Founders and Patrons shall have all the privileges of Life Members, and 

 shall in addition receive copies of all scientific works published by the 

 Society. 



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. 



ARTICLE VIII. 

 finances. 



Sec. I. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be the calendar year 

 commencing January ist and ending December 31st. 



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 tlae Society will be reimbursed by warrants from 

 the Comptroller's office. 



ARTICLE IX. 



amendments. 



Sec. I. Amendments to these By-Laws may be proposed, in writing, 

 at any meeting of the Board of Managers, and adopted by tmanimous 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 major- 

 ity vote. 



