TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL REPORT 201 
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: 
Src. 6. The payment of $200 at one time shall constitute any member a Life 
Member. 
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, became 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. 
Sec. 10. Any member who shall have donated to the Society ten thousand 
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 Per- 
petuity shall have the power to designate by a last will and testament his suc- 
cessor, 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, : 
Src. 11. Any member who shall have donated to the Society $25,000, or its 
equivalent, may be elected by the Board of Managers, or the Executive Committee, 
a Benefactor. Benefactors shall have the rights and privileges of a Founder in 
Perpetuity. 
Sec. 12. Persons who have rendered marked service in the science of zoology 
or natural history may be elected Honorary Members, but not more than three 
such Honorary Members shall be elected in any one calendar year. 
Sec. 13. A resident member who shall have rendered marked scientific 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 Executive Committee a Permanent Fellow. 
Src. 14. 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. 
Src. 15. Benefactors, Founders in Perpetuity, Founders, Associate Found- 
ers, Patrons, Life Members, Honorary Members, Permanent Fellows, Fellows, 
and Corresponding Members shall be exempt from annual dues. 
ARTICER, Vil. 
PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERS. 
Src. 1. A member’s ticket admits the member and his immediate family to 
the Park on reserve days, and to all lectures and special exhibitions, and may be 
used by the member’s immediate family, and shall be good for the current year. 
