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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 meet- 

 ing thereof, called by the Eecording 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 consti- 

 tution 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 there- 

 from, 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. 



