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ARTICLE X. 



By-Laws may from time to time be made by the Trustees, 

 providing for the care and management of the property of the 

 Corporation ; and for the government of its affairs. 



Such By-Laws, when once adopted, may be amended at any 

 meeting of the Trustees, by a vote of a majority of those present, 

 after a month's notice in writing of such proposed amendment. 



ARTICLE XL 



The contribution of $1,000 or more to the funds of the Museum, 

 at any one time, shall entitle the person giving the same to be a 

 Patron of the Museum, who shall have the right in perpetuity 

 to appoint the successor in such patronship. 



The contribution of $500, at one time, shall entitle the per- 

 son giving the same to be a Fellow, who shall have the right to 

 appoint one successor in such fellowship. 



No appointment of a successor shall be valid unless the same 

 shall be in writing, endorsed on the certificate, or by last will and 

 testament. 



The contribution of $100, at one time, shall entitle the person 

 giving the same to be a Life Member. 



Any person may be elected by the Trustees to either of the 

 above degrees, who shall have given to the Museum books or 

 specimens, which shall have been accepted by the Executive 

 Committee, to the value of twice the amount in money requisite 

 to his admission to the same degree, and the President and Sec- 

 retary shall issue diplomas accordingly under the seal of the 

 Museum. 



The Trustees may also elect Honorary Fellows of the Museum 

 in their discretion. 



ARTICLE XII. 



No alterations shall be made in this Constitution, unless at a 

 regular quarterly meeting of the Trustees ; nor by the votes of 

 less than two-thirds of all the Trustees ; nor without notice in 

 writing of the proposed alteration, embodying the amendment 

 proposed to be made, having been given at a regular meeting. 



