five (5) Councillors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction 

 of business, hut a less number may adjourn. The Council may 

 form committees for the direction of the work of the Society 

 from its own membership, from the general membership of the 

 Society, or from both. The Recording Secretary of the Society 

 shall also he Secretary of the Council. The Council shall annually 

 elect a Chairman. 



5. The Committees of the Council shall include: (i) A com- 

 mittee on art. {2} A committee on industries and applied 

 sciences. (3) A committee on natural sciences. (4) A committee 

 on hooks and literature. (5) A committee on music. (6) A 

 committee on the preservation of natural scenery and historic sites 

 and objects. 



6. The Society shall consist of Members, Corresponding Mem- 

 bers, Honorary Members, Patrons, and Benefactors. Members 

 are such as are elected under that designation and conform to the 

 regulations of the Society, which may expel unworthy members 

 by a majority vote at any regular meeting. Corresponding Mem- 

 bers may he elected from persons resident without the Bor- 

 ough of the Bronx who indicate interest in the work of the 

 Society; they shall not he eligible to office nor entitled to vote. 

 Honorary Members may be chosen from persons resident in the 

 United States, distinguished by achievement in discovery or 

 original investigation in the arts or sciences, and shall not exceed 

 fifty (50) in number. Any person contributing One hundred 

 ($100.00 ) dollars or more to the Society at one time, shall be 

 designated a Patron. Any person contributing One thousand 

 ($1,000.00) dollars or more to the Society at one time, by gift or 

 by bequest, shall he designated a Benefactor. 



7. Each member upon his election, and at the commencement 

 of each fiscal year of the Society thereafter, shall pay to the 

 Treasurer the sum of Three ($3) dollars. The annual dues of 

 members elected during the last three months of the fiscal year 

 shall commence with the first month of the ensuing fiscal year. 

 The fiscal year shall begin with January of the calendar year. 

 Members six (6) months in arrears in payment of dues may be 

 dropped from the roll by the Council. Members may become Life 

 Members by the payment of Fifty ($50) dollars at any one time. 



8. All fees received from Life Members, Patrons, or Bene- 

 factors, shall constitute a permanent fund, only the interest of 

 which may he expended, said fund to be held by Trustees to be 

 duly appointed in accordance with the laws of the State of New 

 York. 



