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EXTRACT FROM THE CONSTITUTION ARTICLE VI

Of Benefactors, Patrons, Fellows and other Members. Section i. The contribution or devise of fifty thousand dollars

in cash securities or property to the funds of the Museum shall entitle the donor to be elected or declared a Bene- factor of the Museum by the Board of Trustees.

Sec. 2. The contribution of five thousand dollars in cash securities or property to the funds of the Museum shall entitle the donor to be elected a Fellow of the Museum in Perpetuity by the Board of Trustees. Such person shall have a Fellow's right in Perpetuity for each sum of five thousand dollars so contributed, with the privilege in each case of appointing the successor in such Fellow's right in Perpetuity.

Sec. 3. No future appointment of a successor shall be valid, unless the same shall be in writing, endorsed on or attached to the certificate, or by last will and testament. Should neither of these conditions be complied with, the Executor or Executors or the Administrator or Adminis- trators of the deceased may nominate a successor subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees.

Sec. 4. The contribution of one thousand dollars in cash securities or property shall entitle the donor to be elected a Fellow for Life by the Board of Trustees.

Sec. 5. The Trustees may elect to either of the above degrees .

any person who shall have given to the Museum books, works of art, or objects for its collections, which shall have been duly accepted, to the value of the amount in money requisite to his admission to the same degree, and the President and Secretary shall issue diplomas accordingly, under the seal of the Museum.

Sec. 6. The Trustees may also elect Honorary Fellows of the Museum, in their discretion.

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CLASSES OF MEMBERS. There shall be the following classes of Members other

than Members of the Corporation : Annual Members, who pay an annual contribution of $10. Sustaining Members, who pay an annual contribution of

$25, and less than $100. Fellowship Members who pay an annual contribution of

$100 or more. These contributions shall be payable on or before the first

day of January in each year. All these classes of Members shall be entitled to the follow-

ing privileges : First. - A ticket admitting the Member and his family,

and any non-resident friends visiting them, to the Museum on the two days of each week, namely, Monday and Friday, when the Museum is not open free to the public.

Second. - Ten complimentary tickets a year for distribu- tion, each of which admits the bearer once on either Monday or Friday. These tickets must bear the signature of the Member.

Third. - An invitation to any general reception given by the Trustees at the Museum to which all classes of Members are invited.

Fourth. - A ticket, upon request, to any lecture given by the Trustees at the Museum.

Fifth. - A copy of the Annual Report. Sixth. - A set, upon request, of all hand-books published

by the Museum for general distribution. In addition to the privileges to which all classes of Mem-

bers are entitled, Sustaining and Fellowship Members shall have, upon request, double the number of tickets to the Museum and to lectures accorded to Annual Members; their families shall be included in the invitation to any general recep- tion, and whenever their subscriptions in the aggregate amount to $1,000 they shall be entitled to be elected Fellows for life and to become Members of the Corporation.

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FORM OF BEQUEST

I do hereby give and bequeath to " The Metro-

politan Museum of Art" in the City of New Torky a

corporation constituted and created by Chapter 197 of the Laws of fS/oy of the State of New Torky

Note. - Bequests may be made in Real Estate, Money, Books, Paintings, Sculptures, or any other objects of Art,

With regard to the Museum's power to receive and hold property, Section 5 of the Charter was amended on March 4th, i8ç8, to read as follows: " Said corporation may take and hold by gift, devise, bequest, purchase, or lease, either absolutely or in trust, for any purpose comprised in the objects of the corporation, any real or personal property necessary or proper for the purposes of its incorporation."

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