1889]. REVISED BY-LAWS. 5 
By SEAS. 
CHAPTER I.—Of Members and Fellows, 
1. No person shall be considered an active member until he shall have signed the 
Constitution and paid his initiation fee; and unless the candidate shall comply with these 
conditions within three 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 the intention of making it his per- 
manent residence, shall cease to be a corresponding member, but may become an active 
member on complying within six months with the provisions of the first section of this 
chapter, 
3. Persons over 16 years of age may be elected members; but members under 21 years 
of age shall not be entitled to vote or hold office in the Academy. 
CHAPTER II.—Of Patrons and Life Members, 
1. Any person who shall have rendered illustrious services to the Academy or con- 
tributed at one time five hundred dollars, may, upon the recommendation of the Council 
and a three-fourths vote of the Academy, be elected a PATRON, with all the privileges of 
membership except voting and holding office. 
2. Any member or fellow may become'a Lir—E MEMBER by contributing at one time 
one hundred dollars toward the permanent fund of the Society, and shall thereafter be 
exempt from annual dues and assessments. 
CHAPTER III.—Of Officers. 
1. The President, or in his absence, one of the Vice-Presidents, or in their absence, a 
Chairman pro tempore, shall preside at all meetings of the Academy, and shall have a 
casting vote. He shall preserve order, and shall decide all parliamentary questions, sub- 
ject to an appeal to the Society. He shall appoint all committees authorized by the 
Academy, unless otherwise specially ordered. 
2. The Secretary shall be present at all meetings of the Academy, and keep a record 
of the proceedings thereof. He shall take charge of all papers and documents belonging 
to the Society; shall keep a correct list of members and fellows; shall notify all resident 
members and fellows of their election, and committees of their appointment; and shall 
give notice to the Treasurer and to the Council of all matters requiring their action. 
3. The Corresponding Secretary shall be charged with the correspondence of the 
Academy. It shall be his duty to be present at all meetings, to read all communications 
made to him in his official capacity; to keep a book in which shall be recorded the cor- 
respondence of the Academy, and the names of all corresponding and honorary members; 
to lay the same on the table at all regular meetings thereof; to notify corresponding and 
honorary members of their election; and to report to the Academy, at the annual meeting, 
the state of its correspondence. 
4. The Treasurer shall have charge of all moneys belonging to the Academy, and, 
under its orders, of their investment, and shall give zood and satisfactory security to the 
Society for the faithful discharge of the trust. He shall collect initiation fees, annual 
dues and assessments from all members and fellows, all subscriptions made in behalf of 
