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Sec. 8. Any member who shall fail to pay his annual dues within 

 three months after the same shall have become due, and after notice of 

 thirty days, by mail, shall cease to be a member of the Society; subject, 

 however, to reinstatement by the Board of Managers or Executive Com- 

 mittee for good cause shown. 



Sec. 9. Any person elected to membership who shall fail to qualify 

 within three months after notice of his election shall be considered to have 

 declined his election ; but such term may be extended by the Board of 

 ^Managers or Executive Committee. 



ARTICLE VIII. 



Sec. I. The fiscal year of the corporation shall be the calendar year 

 commencing January ist and ending December 31st. 



Sec. 2. Neither the Society nor any of its Managers or Officers shall 

 contract any debt which, with existing debts, shall exceed in amount the 

 funds then in the Treasury, except to meet expenditures for which the 

 City is liable, and for which the Society will be reimbursed by warrants 

 from the Comptrollers' oHicc. 



ARTICLE IX. 



AMENDMENTS. 



Sec. I. Amendments to these By-Laws may be proposed, in writing, 

 at any meeting of the Board of Managers, and adopted by unanimous con- 

 sent of the Managers present, or if such proposed amendment shall fail to 

 receive unanimous consent, the Secretary shall, with the notices of the 

 next meeting, send a copy of it to each Manager and state that it will be 

 brought up for action at such m.eeting, when it may be passed by a ma- 

 jority vote. 



