148  STATEN IsLAND INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 
ARTICLE IV 
The principal office of the Institute shall be located in the 
Borough of Richmond, in the City and State of New York. 
ARTICLE V 
Amendments to this Constitution, not incompatible with the Act 
of Incorporation, and the acts amendatory thereto, may be made 
by a vote of two thirds of the members present and qualified to 
vote at any special meeting of the Institute called for that purpose, 
or at any regular meeting, on not less than five days’ notice of such 
meeting by mail, sent to each member and including the text of 
the proposed amendments, provided such proposed amendments 
shall have been previously submitted in writing and announced at 
a regular meeting of the Institute. 
BYLAWS 
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Sec. 1. Annual Meetings: The annual meetings of the Institute 
shall be held on the third Saturday evening of May. Notice of 
each meeting shall be mailed by the secretary to all members and 
patrons qualified to vote, not less than five days prior to the date 
of the meeting, and ten members shall constitute a quorum for the 
transaction of business. 
Sec. 2. Regular Meetings: The regular meetings of the Insti- 
tute shall be held on the third Saturday evening of each month 
from October to May, inclusive. Not less than three days’ notice 
of each meeting shall be mailed by the secretary to all members. 
Ten members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of 
business, but a quorum for the prosecution of scientific work or 
for the carrying out of a scientific program shall always be 
assumed. 
Sec. 3. Special Meetings: The president may of his own mo- 
tion, and he shall on the written request of ten or more menibers 
qualified to vote, call a special meeting of the Institute. Not less 
