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the Auditing Committee to audit, annually, 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. 
Sec. 11. The Executive Committee shall annually appoint an Aquarium 
Committee, not to exceed eight members of this Society, who shall hold office until 
their successors are chosen. All vacancies shall be filled by the Executive Com- 
mittee. The Director of the Aquarium shall be ex-officio 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 ea-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 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. 
Src. 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 ea-officio 
of the Council. 
ARTICLE VI. 
MEMBERS. 
Sec. i. 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. 
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 Executive Com- 
mittee. 
Src. 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. 
Src 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 
