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3. Renezval of Membership. Any Resident Member or Fel- 

 low who shall resign because of removal to a distance from the 

 City of New York may by a vote of the Council be restored to 

 membership or fellowship at any time upon application, and 

 without payment of an initiation fee. 



Chapter VI. 

 Original Subscribers, Patrons and Life Members. 



1. Original Subscribers. Every person holding a receipt for 

 the sum of ;^ 100 (whether as original owner, transferee or lega- 

 tee), paid toward the liquidation of the debt incurred in the 

 erection of the building formerly the property of the New York 

 Lyceum of Natural History, shall be deemed an Original Sub- 

 scriber. Original Subscribers and their famihes shall be ad- 

 mitted to all lectures before the Academy, and shall be entitled 

 to use the library. 



2. Patrons. Any person contributing at one time ;^ 1,000^ 

 to the general funds of the Academy shall be a Patron, and 

 shall during life be entitled to the same privileges as an Original 

 Subscriber, and in addition to one copy of all subsequent publi- 

 cations of the Academy. 



3. Life Members. Any Resident Member contributing at one 

 time ^100 towards the general fund of the Academy shall be a 

 Life Member, and shall thereafter be exempt from annual dues. 

 Any person becoming a Life Member immediately upon elec- 

 tion as a Resident Member shall be exempt from an initiation 

 fee. 



Chapter VII. 



Sections. 



1. Sections. Sections devoted to special branches of science 

 may be established or discontinued by the Academy on the rec- 

 ommendation of the Council. 



2. Organization. Each section shall be organized with a 

 chairman and a secretary who shall have charge of the meetings 

 of their section. 



1 Patron's Fee was raised from ^250 to ^1,000 in 1898. 



