CONSTITUTION 
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Given under my hand and the seal of office of the Secretary of State, at 
the city of Albany, this eighth day of April, in the year one thousand nine 
hundred and two. 
John T. McDonough, 
Secretary of State. 
CONSTITUTION. 
Adopted, April 24, 1902, and Amended at Subsequent Times. 
Article I. The name of this Corporation shall be The New York 
Academy of Sciences. Its object shall be the advancement and diffusion 
of scientific knowledge, and the center of its activities shall be in the City of 
New York. 
Article II. The Academy shall consist of five classes of members, 
namely: Active Members, Fellows, Associate Members, Corresponding 
Members and Honorary Members. Active Members shall be the members 
of the Corporation who live in or near the City of New York, or who, having 
removed to a distance, desire to retain their connection with the Academy. 
Fellows shall be chosen from the Active Members in virtue of their scientific 
attainments. Corresponding and Honorary Members shall be chosen from 
among the men of science of the world who have attained distinction as 
investigators. The number of Corresponding Members shall not exceed 
two hundred, and the number of Honorary Members shall not exceed fifty. 
Article III. None but Fellows and Active Members who have paid 
their dues up to and including the last fiscal year shall be entitled to vote or 
to hold office in the Academy. 
Article IV. The officers of the Academy shall be a President, as many 
Vice-Presidents as there are sections of the Academy, a Corresponding 
Secretary, a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, a Librarian, an Editor, six 
elected Councilors and one additional Councilor from each allied society 
or association. The annual election shall be held on the third Monday in 
December, the officers then chosen to take office at the first meeting in 
January following. 
There shall also be elected at the same time a Finance Committee of three. 
Article V. The officers named in Article IV shall constitute a Council, 
which shall be the executive body of the Academy with general control over 
its affairs, including the power to fill acl interim any vacancies that may 
occur in the offices. Past Presidents of the Academy shall be ex-officio 
members of the Council. 
Article VI. Societies organized for the study of any branch of science 
