168 NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



their successors nrc chosen. All vacancies shall l)e filled by the Executive Com- 

 mittee. The Director of the Aquarium shall I)e e.v-offic'io a member and the 

 Chairman of the Aijuarium Committee, aiul such Committee may vest in him 

 any or all of its ])o\vers. The Chairman of the J'',xecutive C-ommittce and the 

 Secretary of the Society shall also be ex-oficio members of tiie Acjuarium Com- 

 mittee. Three members shall constitute a quorum. The Executive Committee 

 may delegate to the Aquarium Committee such j)o\vers as it may deem proper. 



ARTICLE V. 



SCIEXTIFIC COl'NCIL. 



Sec. 1. The Executive Committee shall annually appoint a Scientific Council 

 of not more than ten members, and shall fill all vacancies. Members 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 zoology 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 Chairman of the 

 Executive Committee and the Secretai-y of the Society shall be members 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 prescrilied 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 Com- 

 mittee. 



Sec. 3. Candidates for membership shall be proposed and seconded by mem- 

 bers of the Society. The name, occupation, and place of residence of every 

 member as 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. There shall be a class known as Fellows, which shall consist of 

 members of the Society who have rendered marked services to science, and shall 

 be chosen by the Executive Committee. The privileges of Fellows shall be in all 

 respects the same as those of regular members of the Society, but they shall be 

 exempt from the payment of annual dues. 



Sec. 5. The annual dues shall be ten dollars, payable in ad\ancc, 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. 6. The payment of .$200 at one time shall constitute any member a Life 

 Member. 



A member who has paid annual dues for a jieriod of five years may there- 

 after, at any time, upon the payment of the diflVrcnce between the amount of 



