STATEN ISLAND ASSOCIATION 



OF 

 ARTS AND SCIENCES 



[Late Natural Science Association of Staten Island.] 



HISTORY, act of INCORPORATION, CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS, RULES 



AND REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, LIST OF 



MEMBERS, TRUSTEES, OFFICERS AND STANDING 



COMMITTEES. 



Prepared and edited by the Publication Committee. 



CONTENTS: 



Page. 



History j 



Act of Incorporation vii 



Resolution accepting the Act of Incorporation x 



Constitution and By-Laws ^| 



Resolution adopting- the Constitution and By-Laws xyii 



Rules and Regulations of the Board of Trustees xviii 



List of Members ^^ 



Trustees ^^'V 



Officers xxiv 



Standing Committees ^^'^ 



HISTORY 

 "The movement to orgfanize a scientific society on Staten Island, 

 which ultimately resulted in the incorporation of this Association, had 

 its earliest inception about twenty-five years ago, when the feasibility 

 of such an organization was informally discussed by a few residents 

 who frequently enjoyed field trips together for the purpose of collecting 

 specimens of natural history. The matter may be said to have assumed 

 its first definite shape, however, on Friday, September gth, 1881, 

 when Arthur Hollick,Dr. Frederick Hollick and Dr. Nathaniel L. Britten 



