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(2) Candidates for this class shall submit to the Council a written statement of their 
qualifications for membership; this shall be signed by two Members or Associates who shall 
certify to their personal knowledge of the candidate and approval of his statement. If con- 
sidered by three-fourths of the Council present duly qualified for associate membership their 
names shall be submitted to the Society at the next meeting, to be voted upon by the Mem- 
bers and Associates; the voting to be by ballot, should a ballot be demanded. 
4. The proportion of favorable votes for deciding the election of Members and Asso- 
ciates shall be at least four-fifths of the number recorded. 
5. Juniors —(1) The class of Juniors shall consist of graduates of technical schools of 
established reputation, or persons who have had not less than two years’ practical experience 
in marine engine works or shipyards. 
(2) Candidates must be at least eighteen years of age and certify their intention to con- 
tinue in the profession and become naval architects or marine engineers. 
(3) Juniors shall be eligible for transfer to the class of Members or Associates after 
fulfilling the necessary conditions; when they are twenty-eight years of age they shall be 
offered the option of being transferred to the class of Members or Associates in conformity 
with their qualifications; but if they do not accept such offer or do not qualify, they shall be 
dropped from the rolls of the Society. 
(4) The admission of Juniors shall be by a favorable vote of three-fourths of the 
members of the Council present. 
(5) Juniors shall have no voice in the government of the Society or admission of 
members. 
6. Honorary Members and Honorary Associates——The Council may elect Honorary 
Members and Honorary Associates, the total number not to exceed twenty-five. They shall 
be persons of acknowledged eminence in their profession upon whom the Council may see fit 
to confer an honorary distinction. 
7. Benefactors and Permanent Members.—The Council may establish a list of Benefac- 
tors. It may also elect as Permanent Members of the Society such Members or Associate 
Members as shall, in the opinion of the Council, by reason of notably liberal contributions 
to the Society, merit special recognition. Permanent Members shall, from the date of their 
election, be relieved from annual dues, and shall have the right, subject to the approval of 
Council, to designate, by will or otherwise, their successors. The conditions to be met before 
placing any name on the list of Benefactors and the regulations governing the election of 
Permanent Members shall be prescribed by the Council. 
ArTIcLE III. 
Dues, Suspension and Expulsion of Members. 
1. The entrance fees, payable on admission to the Society, shall be as follows: 
Members and Associates, fifteen dollars; Juniors, ten dollars; Honorary Members and 
Honorary Associates, no fees. 
2. The annual dues shall be as follows: 
Members and Associates, fifteen dollars; Juniors, ten dollars; Honorary Members and 
Honorary Associates, no dues. 4 
3. A member transferred from one grade to another shall pay the difference between the 
entrance fees of the two grades, and his annual dues shall be those of the grade to which 
transferred. 
