BY-LAWS. 
CHAPTER I.—Of Members and Fellows. 
1. No person shall be considered a resident member until he shall 
have signed the Constitution and paid his initiation fee; and unless 
the candidate shall comply with these conditions within six months 
from the date of his election, such election shall be void. No member 
in arrears shall be eligible as a fellow. 
2. A resident member or fellow removing permanently from the 
city may, on giving notice thereof, and on payment of his arrears, 
become a corresponding member; and a corresponding member who 
removes to the city, with an intention of making it his permanent 
residence, may become a resident member on complying with the 
provisions of the first section of this chapter. 
3. No person not engaged in the pursuit of some branch of science 
shall be elected a corresponding member. 
CHAPTER II.—Of Original Subscriptions. 
1. Every holder (whether original subscriber, transferee, or leg- 
atee) of a receipt for the sum of one hundred dollars, paid into the 
treasury of the New York Lyceum of Natural History towards the 
liquidation of the debt incurred by the erecting of the building 
formerly the property of the Lyceum, in Broadway, in this city, 
shall be entitled for himself and his family to free admission to the 
Museum of the Academy, and to such public lectures as may be de- 
livered on its behalf, which the members have a right to attend. He 
shall be entitled to the use of the books of the Library; and shall 
have the privilege of introducing strangers to the Museum and 
Library, in accordance with the regulations of the Academy, 
CHAPTER III.—Of Patrons and Life-Members. 
1. Any person may become a patron of the Academy of Sciences 
by contributing, at one time, two hundred and fifty dollars toward 
the fund for the general purposes of the Society. 
2, A patron shall, during his life, be entitled, for himself and his 
