TWENTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT 151 



llie Aiiditiiiji Connnittee to audit, iiiinually, the accounts of the Treasurer, of the 

 Director of the Zoological Park, and of the Director of the Aquarium, and any 

 other accounts of the Society, and shall report to the Board of Managers at its 

 annual meeting. 



Skc. 11. The Executive Committee shall annually appoint an Aquarium 

 Committee, not to exceed eight members of tiiis Society, who siiall hold otlice until 

 their successors are chosen. All vacancies shall be filled by the Executive Com- 

 mittee. The Director of the Aquarium shall be e.f-offiriu a member and the 

 Chairman of the Aquarium Committee, and such Committee may vest in him 

 any or all of its powers. The Chairman of the Executive Committee and the 

 Secretary of the Society shall also be e.c-officio members of the Aquarium Com- 

 mittee. Three members shall constitute a quorum. The Executive Committee 

 may delegate to the Aquarium Committee such powers as it may deem proper. 



ARTICLE V. 



SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL. 



Sec. 1. The E.xectitive 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 8. 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-offirlo 

 of the Council. 



ARTICLE VI. 



Sec. 1. The present members and such others as shall become associated 

 with thciii, under the conditions prescribed by the By-Laws, shall be members of 

 this Society as long as they shall com])ly with the By-Laws. 



Sec. 2. Members failing to comply with these By-Laws, or for other good 

 and sufficient cause, may be exjielled from tiie Society l)y the Executive Com- 

 mittee. 



Sec. 3. Candidates for memliershi]) shall l)e 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, l)ut 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 



