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 busi- 

 ness 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 adjourn- 

 ment thereof, shall by ballot, by a majority vote of the Trus- 

 tees 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, disqualification or otherwise, the vacancy 

 shall be filled by ballot, in like manner, by the Board of Trus- 

 tees at any regular meeting or special meeting, for the un- 

 expired term. No person shall be eligible for election as Trus- 

 tee unless his name shall be presented by the Nominating Com- 

 mittee at a regular or special meeting of the Board previous to 



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