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CONSTITUTION 



OF THE 



AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 



IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK 



REVISED AND AMENDED TO FEBRUARY 7, 1916 



ARTICLE I 



This Corporation shall be styled The American Museum 

 of Natural History. 



ARTICLE II 



The several persons named in the charter, and such others 

 as they may add to their number, which shall not exceed twenty- 

 five in all at one time, and in addition, the Mayor, the Comptroller, 

 and the President of the Department of Public Parks, of the City 

 of New York, for the time being, ex-ofhcio, shall be the Trustees 

 to manage the affairs, property and business of the Corporation. 



The members of the Board of Trustees holding office at the 

 time of the regular quarterly meeting of November, 1905, shall 

 then, or at the first meeting of the Board thereafter, be divided 

 by lot into five classes of five members each, to serve for the 

 terms of one, two, three, four and five years respectively from 

 the date of the annual meeting of February, 1906. The Board of 

 Trustees at each annual meeting thereafter, or an adjournment 

 thereof, shall by ballot, by a majority vote of the Trustees present 

 at the meeting, elect five Trustees to supply the places of the class 

 whose term expires at that meeting; said newly elected Trustees 

 to hold office for five years or until their successors are elected. 

 In case of a vacancy in the Board by death, resignation, disquali- 

 fication or otherwise, the vacancy' shall be filled by ballot, in like 

 manner, by the Board of Trustees at any regular meeting or 

 special meeting, for the unexpired term. No person shall be eligi- 

 ble for election as Trustee unless his name shall be presented by 

 the Nominating Committee at a regular or special meeting of the 

 Board previous to the meeting at which his name shall be acted 



