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for tlie current year in the case of members elected between January 1st and 

 May 1st of each year. The classes of ineiiibcrship shjiU be as follows: 



Si;c. 6. The ])ayuicnt of $J00 at one time shall constitute any member a Life 

 Member. 



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

 after, at any time, upon tiie i)aymcrit of the difference between the amount of 

 dues already jiaid and $200, become a l.iiV Member, but such payment shall be 

 not less than $100. 



Sec. 7. The payment of $1,000 at one tiuK-, or in the case of a Life Member, 

 of $800, shall constitute any member a I'atroii. 



Sec. 8. The payment of $2,500 at one time, or in the ease of a Patron of 

 $1,500, or of a Life Member of $2,300, shall constitute any member an Associate 

 Founder. 



Sec. 9. Any meml)er who shall donate to the Society $5,000, or property 

 of equal value, or any Associate Founder who shall donate $2,500, or any Patron 

 who shall donate $1,000, may be elected by the Board of Managers or Executive 

 Committee a Founder. 



Sec. 10. Any member who shall have dcuiated to the Society ten thousand 

 dollars ($10,000), or its equivalent, may be elected by the Board of Managers 

 or the Executive Conunittee a Founder in Perpetuity. Such Founder in Per- 

 petuity shall have the power to designate by a last will and testament his suc- 

 cessor, 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. 11. Any member who shall have donated to the Society $25,000, or its 

 equivalent, may be elected by the Board of IManagers, or the Executive Committee, 

 a Benefactor. Benefactors shall have the riglits and privileges of a Founder in 

 Perpetuity. 



Sec. 12. 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 13. A resident member who shall have rendered marked scientific or 

 professional services to the Society in any branch of its work may be elected by 

 the Executive Committee a Life IVIember, Patron, Associate Founder, or Founder. 

 A resident of New York who shall have rendered marked service in zoology or 

 natural history may be elected by the Executive Committee a Permnent Fellow. 



Sec. 14. 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 Corresponding Members. 



Sec. 15. Benefactors, Foimders in Perpetuity, Founder.s, Associate Found- 

 ers, Patrons, Life Members, Honorary Members, Permanent Fellows, Fellows, 

 and Corresponding Members shall be exempt from annual dues. 



ARTICLE Vn. 



PRIVILEGES OF MEMBERS. 



Sec. 1. A member's ticket admits the member and his immediate family to 

 the Park on reserve days, and to all lectures and special exhibitions, and may be 

 used bv the member's immediately family, and shall be good for the current year. 



