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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-officio of the Council. 
ARTTICEE RAVE 
MEMBERS. 
Sec. 1. 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 
Executive 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 so 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 
January Ist and May Ist of each year. The classes of membership shall 
be as follows: 
Sec. 5. The payment of $200 at one time shall constitute any member 
a Life Member. 
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 any 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 
Managers or Executive Committee a Founder. 
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 $25,000, or 
any Founder who shall donate $20,000, may be elected by the Board of 
Managers or Executive Committee a Benefactor. A Benefactor shall have 
all the rights and privileges of a Founder in Perpetuity. 
Sec. 11. 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. 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 services in zoology or natural history may be elected by the Execu- 
tive 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. 
