TWELFTH ANNUAL REPORT. 139 



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 ex-ofHcio of the Council. 



ARTICLE VL 



MEMBERS. 



Sec. I. 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. 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 current year in the case of members elected between Jan- 

 uary 1st and INIaj' ist of each year. The classes of membership shall be as 

 follows : 



Sec. S. The payment of $200 at one time shall constitute any member 

 a Life INIember. 



Sec. 6. 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. 7. -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 an}' member an 

 Associate Founder. 



Sec. 8. 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 Fovmder. 



Sec. 9. Any member who shall have donated to the Society ten thou- 

 sand dollars ($10,000), or its equivalent, may be elected by the Board of 

 Managers or the Executive Committee a Founder in Perpetuity. Such 

 Founder in Perpetuity shall have the power to designate by a last will and 

 testament his successor, who shall thereupon be entitled to all the rights 

 and privileges of the original Founder in Perpetuity, including the right of 

 designating in turn his successor. 



Sec. 10. Any member who shall donate to the Society $10,000. or any 

 Founder who shall donate $5,000, may be elected by the Board of J\Ian- 

 agers or Executive Committee a Benefactor. A Benefactor shall have all 

 the rights and privileges of a Founder in Perpetuity. 



Sec. II. Persons who have rendered marked service in the science of 

 zoolog}' or natural history may be elected Honorary INIembers, but not 

 more than three such Honorary Members shall be elected in any one 

 calendar year. 



Sec. 12. A resident member who shall have rendered marked scien- 

 tific or professional services to the Society in any branch of its work may 

 be elected by the Executive Committee a Life ^Member, Patron, Associate 

 Founder, or Founder. A resident of New York who shall have rendered 

 marked service in zoology or natural history may be elected by the Ex- 

 ecutive Committee a Permanent Fellow. 



Sec. 13. Non-residents who communicate valuable information to the 

 Society, or who have rendered marked service in the science of zoology or 

 natural history, may be elected Corresponding Members. 



