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ANNALS NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 
and regulations as it shall judge proper for the election of its officers; for 
prescribing their respective functions, and the mode of discharging the same; 
for the admission of new members; for the government of officers and 
members thereof; for collecting dues and contributions towards the funds 
thereof; for regulating the times and places of meeting of said Corporation; 
for suspending or expelling such members as shall neglect or refuse to comply 
with the by-laws or regulations, and for managing or directing the affairs 
or concerns of the said Corporation: and may from time to time alter or 
modify its constitution, by-laws, rules, and regulations. 
Section III. The officers of the said Corporation shall consist of a 
president and two or more vice-presidents, a corresponding secretary, a 
recording secretary, a treasurer, and such other officers as the Corporation 
may judge necessary; who shall be chosen in the manner and for the terms 
prescribed by the constitution of the said Corporation. 
Section IV. The present constitution of the said Corporation shall, 
after the passage of this act, continue to be the constitution thereof until 
amended as herein provided. Such constitution as may be adopted by a 
vote of not less than three-quarters of such resident members and fellows 
of the said New York Academy of Sciences as shall be present at a meeting 
thereof, called by the Recording Secretary for that purpose, within forty 
days after the passage of this act, by written notice duly mailed, postage 
prepaid, and addressed to each fellow and resident member at least ten days 
before such meeting, at his last known place of residence, with street and 
number when known, which meeting shall be held within three months 
after the passage of this act, shall be thereafter the constitution of the said 
New York Academy of Sciences, subject to alteration or amendment in the 
manner provided by such constitution. 
Section V. The said Corporation shall have power to consolidate, 
to unite, to co-operate, or to ally itself with any other society or association 
in the city of New York organized for the promotion of the knowledge or 
the study of any science, or of research therein, and for this purpose to 
receive, hold, and administer real and personal property for the uses of such 
consolidation, union, co-operation, or alliance subject to such terms and 
regulations as may be agreed upon with such associations or societies. 
Section VI. This act shall take effect immediately. 
State of New York, 
Office of the Secretary of State. 
I have compared the preceding with the original law on file in this office, 
and do hereby certify that the same is a correct transcript therefrom, and 
the whole of said original law. 
