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transcript therefrom, and the whole of said original law. 

 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 objects shall be the advance- 

 ment 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 Mem- 

 bers, 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 Presi- 

 dent, 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 De- 

 cember, the officers then chosen to take office at the first meeting 

 in January following. 



