3S6 Field Museum op Natural History — Reports, Vol. V. 



AMENDED BY-LAWS. 



(June 12, 1916.) 



ARTICLE I. 



IIEMBERS. 



Section i. Members shall be of five classes, Annual Members, Corporate 

 Members, Life Members, Patrons and Honorary Members. 



Sec. 2. Annual Members shall consist of such persons as are selected from 

 time to time by the Board of Trustees at any of its meetings, and who shall pay an 

 annual fee of ten dollars ($10.00), payable within thirty days after notice of election, 

 and within thirty days after each recurring annual date. The failure of any person 

 to make such initiatory payment and such annual payments within said time shall, 

 at the option of the Board of Trustees, be sufficient grounds for the forfeiture of an 

 annual membership. 



This said annual membership shall entitle the member to: 



First. — Free admittance for the member and family, to the Museum on any day. 



Second. — Ten tickets every year, admitting the bearer to the Museum on pay 

 days. 



Third. — A copy of all pubUcations of the Museum when requested. 



Fourth. — Invitations to all special exhibits, receptions, lectures, or other 

 functions which may be given at the Museum. 



Sec. 3. The Corporate Members shall consist of the persons named in the 

 articles of incorporation, and of such other persons as shall be chosen from time to 

 time by the Board of Trustees at any of its meetings, upon the recommendation 

 of the Executive Committee; provided, that such persons named in the articles of 

 incorporation shall, within ninety days from the adoption of these By-Laws, and 

 persons hereafter chosen as Corporate Members shall, within ninety days of their 

 election, pay into the treasury the sum of twenty dollars ($20.00) or more. The 

 failure of any person to make such payment within said time, shall, at the option of 

 the Board of Trustees, be ground for forfeiture of his corporate membership. Cor- 

 porate Members becoming Life Members, Patrons or Honorary Members shall be 

 exempt from dues. Annual meetings of said Corporate Members shall be held at 

 the same place and on the same day that the annual meeting of the Board of Trustees 

 is held. 



Sec. 4. Any person paying into the treasury the sum of five hundred dollars 

 ($500.00), at any one time, shall, upon the unanimous vote of the Board, become a 

 Life Member. Life Members shall be exempt from all dues. 



Sec. 5. Patrons shall be chosen by the Board upon recommendation of the 

 Executive Committee from among persons who have rendered eminent service to 



