Constitution and Bylaws of the Staten Island Institute of Arts 
and Sciences 
CONSTITUTION 
ARTICLE I 
The provisions of the Act of Incorporation, Chapter 526 of the 
Laws of 1905 of the State of New York, as amended by Chapter 
208 of the Laws of 1910, and Chapter 850 of the Laws of 1911, 
and Chapter 57 of the Laws of 1918, are adopted and form part 
of this Constitution. 
ARTICLE II 
The management of the affairs of the Institute shall be vested 
in a board of twenty-three trustees, composed of twenty-one mem- 
bers to be elected by the Institute as hereinafter stated, together 
with the president of the Borough of Richmond and the district 
superintendent of schools in the Borough for the time being, as ex 
officio members. A president, first and second vice president, sec- 
retary, and treasurer shall be elected by the board at its annual 
meeting. Any vacancy in any of the offices, or in the board, ex- 
cept in the case of ex officio members, may be filled by the board, 
and the persons so selected shall serve until their successors are 
elected. Any trustee absent for three consecutive meetings of the 
board may, unless an excuse for such absence satisfactory to the 
board be presented, be declared by the board to have vacated the 
office of trustee. 
ARTICLE III 
The Board of Trustees may make such rules and regulations, 
appoint such committees, and employ such persons as they may 
deem ddvisable to aid in the performance of the duties expressed 
or implied in the Act of Incorporation. 
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