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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. 



ARTICLE VI. 



MEMBERS. 



Sec. I. 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 J\Ianagers 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. id. 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. II. 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 Corre-^ponding Members. 



