AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 
77TH STREET AND CENTRAL PARK WEST 
PENSION BOARD 
New Yorn, June 17, 1913 
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE PENSION FUND OF THE 
AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY: 
It is with pleasure that the Pension Board 
informs you of certain amendments to the Rules 
and Regulations which have been adopted by the 
Board of Trustees, and we hand you herewith a 
revised copy in which these amendments are 
included. 
In brief the changes are as follows: 
Section 2. Now permits the Pension Board 
to elect such other officers as it may 
deem advisable, and makes the Assist- 
ant Treasurer an ex-officio member of 
the Pension Board. 
Section 14. This section is now so re- 
vised as to permit the designation of 
a beneficiary without restricting the 
same to a member of the family or one 
of the same line of consanguinity. 
Section 18. This section is so amended 
as to conform to the general provi- 
sions of Section 14. 
Section 19. Provides as now amended that 
in the event of there being no desig- 
nated beneficiary, any gratuity that 
may accrue will be paid according to 
the order of precedence as is therein 
provided, and is further amended so 
that the issue of any deceased employee 
takes precedence over those relatives 
of the next blood degree, and further 
provides that if there are no desig- 
nated beneficiaries or a relative sur- 
viving within the degrees mentioned, 
that any gratuity which accrues will 
then be paid to the executors or admin- 
istrators of the deceased employee. 
