CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS VU 



cerns 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 con- 

 sist of a president and two or more vice-presidents, a correspond- 

 ing 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 con- 

 stitution of the said Corporation. 



Section IV. The present constitution of the said Corpora- 

 tion shall, after the passage of this act, continue to be the con- 

 stitution thereof until amended as herein provided. Such con- 

 stitution 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 t manner provided by such constitution. 



Section V. The said Corporation shall have power to con- 

 solidate, 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 ad- 

 minister real and personal property for the uses of such con- 

 solidation, union, co-operation, or alliance subject to such terms 

 and regulations as may be agreed upon with such associations 

 or societies. m 



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 



