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Sec. 5. Fellows shall be chosen from among the Active 

 Members and Affiliated ]\Iembers of the Academy, as provided in 

 Article III, Section 3, of this Constitution. 



Sec. 6. Any person contributing in any one year the sum 

 of Five Hundred Dollars shall be classed as Patron, with all 

 the privileges of a Life Member. Should such patron be at the 

 time a Fellow of the Academy, the status shall become that of 

 Life Fellow. 



Sec. 7. Honorary Members may be elected from outside 

 the membership of the Academy, in manner prescribed in Article 

 III, Section 4, of this Constitution. 



Sec. 8. Life Members and Life Fellows shall be such as 

 may commute by the payment of Fifty Dollars at one time, which 

 payment shall exempt from all dues thereafter during life, with 

 all privileges appertaining to the class to which the member or 

 fellow then belongs. 



ARTICLE III. 



ELECTION OE MEMBERS. 



Section i. Candidates for Active Membership shall be 

 proposed by two members, in writing, and all such proposals shall 

 be acted upon by the Board of Directors. The names of elected 

 members shall be announced at the first regular meeting of the 

 Academy following election. 



Sec. 2. Corresponding Members shall be elected by the 

 Board of Directors. The names of those so elected shall be an- 

 nounced at the first regular meeting of the Academy thereafter. 



Sec. 3. Fellows may be elected by the Board of Directors 

 in virtue of their scientific attainments or services. All such 

 elections shall be by ballot and seven affirmative votes shall be 

 necessary to elect. Only Active Members and Affiliated Members 

 shall be eligible for election as Fellows. Provided, however, that 

 all Active Members enrolled prior to October 1, 1902, shall have 

 the option to become Fellows, zvithout formal election, not later 

 than November 15, 1902, iipon compliance with the other pro- 

 visions of this Constitution and of the By-law\s in force at the 

 date of exercising this option. 



Sec. 4. Honorary members may be elected at the annual 

 meeting of the Academy, by unanimous vote of the members 

 present at said meeting. If the vote be not unanimous, the 

 matter shall be at once referred to the Board of Directors for 

 final action. 



ARTICLE IV. 



W^ORKING SECTIONS. 



Section i. There may be organized, as occasion warrants, 

 separate working sections, corresponding in scope to individual 

 branches of science. Each section shall elect its own officers 



