﻿CONSTITUTION 
  

  

  OF 
  THE 
  

  

  American 
  Museum 
  of 
  Natural 
  History, 
  

  

  IN 
  THE 
  CITY 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK. 
  

  

  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, 
  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 
  respec- 
  

   tively 
  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 
  meet- 
  

   ing; 
  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 
  Trustees 
  at 
  any 
  regular 
  meeting 
  or 
  special 
  meeting, 
  

   for 
  the 
  unexpired 
  term. 
  No 
  person 
  shall 
  be 
  eligible 
  for 
  elec- 
  

   tion 
  as 
  Trustee 
  who 
  shall 
  not 
  be 
  a 
  " 
  Patron 
  " 
  of 
  the 
  Museum, 
  

   unless 
  by 
  a 
  unanimous 
  vote 
  of 
  a 
  quorum 
  of 
  the 
  Board, 
  nor 
  be 
  

  

  