130 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. Members 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 ex-0 fficio 
of the council. 
ARTICLE VI. 
MEMBERS. 
Sec. 1. The present members and such others as shall become associated 
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. 
Src. 2. Members failing to comply with these By-Laws, or for other good 
and sufficient cause, may be expelled from the Society by the Executive Com- 
mittee. 
Sec. 3. Candidates for membership shall be proposed and seconded by mem- 
bers 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 of Fellows shall be in all 
respects the same as those of regular members of the Society, but they shall be 
exempt from the payment of annual dues. 
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 current year in the case of members elected between January Ist and May 
Ist of each year. The classes of membership shall be as follows: 
Sec. 6. The payment of $200 at one time shall constitute any member a Life 
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A member who has paid annual dues for a period of five years may there- 
after, at any time, upon the payment of the difference. between the amount of 
dues already paid and $200, become a Life Member, but such payment shall be 
not less than $100. 
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 property 
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 Managers or Executive 
Committee a Founder. 
