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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. Mem- 

 bers of the Council shall hold office until their successors are appointed. 



Sec. 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 zool- 

 ogy 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 

 Secretary of the Society shall be a member and Secretary ex-officio of the 

 Council. 



ARTICLE VI. 



MEMBERS. 



Sec, 1. The present members and such others as shall become associated 

 with them, under the conditions prescribed by the By-Laws, shall be mem- 

 bers 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 Execu- 

 tive 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 

 1st and May 1st 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 Man- 

 agers or Executive Committee a Founder, 



