Oct.  1897.         Annual  Report  of  the  Director.  245. 
Amended  By-laws. 
ARTICLE  I. 
MEMBERS. 
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  ground  of  forfeiture  of 
annual  membership. 
This  said  annual  membership  shall  entitle  the  member  to: 
First. — Free  admittance  for  himself  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  every  publication  of  the  Museum  sold  at  the  entrance  door, 
and  to  the  annual  reports. 
Fourth. — Invitations  to  all  receptions,  lectures  or  other  entertainments  which  may 
be  given  at  the  Museum. 
Sec.  3.  The  corporate  members  shall  consist  of  the  persons  named  in  the 
articles  of  association,  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  association  shall,  within  ninety  days  from  the  adoption  of  these  By-Laws,  and 
persons  hereafter  chosen  as  corporate  members,  shall,  within  ninety  days  of  their 
respective  election,  pay  into  the  treasury  the  sum  of  twenty  dollars  ($20.00)  or 
more.  The  failure  of  any  person  to  make  such  payments  within  said  time  shall, 
at  the  option  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  be  ground  for  forfeiture  of  his  corporate 
membership.  The  annual  dues  of  corporate  members  shall  be  five  dollars  ($5.00) 
after  the  first  year  of  membership,  and  no  one  shall  exercise  the  rights  of  a 
corporate  member  until  his  dues  are  paid;  and  a  delinquency  of  six  months  in  the 
payment  of  annual  dues  shall  be  ground  for  forfeiture  of  corporate  membership. 
Sec.  4,  Art.  i.  Any  person  paying  into  the  treasury  the  sum  of  five  hun- 
dred dollars  at  any  one  time,  shall  upon  the  unanimous  vote  of  the  trustees, 
become  a  life  member.    Life  members  shall  be  exempt  from  all  dues. 
Sec.  4,  Art.  2.  The  respective  members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  now  in 
office,  and  those  who  shall  hereafter  be  elected,  shall  hold  office  during  life. 
Vacancies  occurring  in  the  Board  shall  be  filled  by  a  majority  vote  of  the  remain- 
ing members  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  at  any  regular  meeting. 
Sec.  5.  Patrons  shall  be  chosen  by  the  Board  of  Trustees  upon  recommen- 
dation of  the  Executive  Committee  from  among  persons  who  have  rendered 
eminent  service  to  the  Museum.  They  shall  be  exempt  from  all  dues,  and  by 
virtue  of  their  election  as  patrons  shall  also  be  corporate  members. 
Sec.  6.  Honorary  members  shall  be  chosen  from  among  persons  who  have 
rendered  eminent  service  to  science,  art  or  mechanics.    They  shall  be  chosen  by 
