CONSTITUTION 
OF THE 
American Museum of Natural History, 
IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK. 
ARTICLE I. 
This Corporation shall be styled the American Museum of 
Natural History. 
ARTICLE II. 
The several persons named in the charter, and such others as 
they may add to their number, which shall not exceed twenty- 
five in all at one time, shall be the Trustees to manage the affairs, 
property, and business of the Corporation, and in case of the 
death, accepted resignation, or removal from the State of any 
Trustee, a new Trustee shall be elected to fill his place by the 
remaining Trustees ; but no election of a Trustee shall be held 
except at a quarterly meeting of the Trustees, on written notice 
of not less than one week, specifying that such election is to be 
held, and the vacancy which is to be filled ; and every election 
of Trustees shall be by ballot, and no person shall be deemed to 
be elected a Trustee unless he shall receive the votes of at least 
three-fourths of the Trustees present. 
ARTICLE III. 
The Trustees shall meet quarterly, on the second Monday of 
every February, May, August and November, at an hour and 
place to be designated, on at least one week's written notice from 
the Secretary, and shall annually, at the quarterly meeting in 
February, elect the officers and committees for the ensuing year. 
They shall also meet at any other time to transact special business 
on a call of the Secretary, who shall issue such call whenever 
