Constitution of The Art Students League

Article I - Name

This Society shall be called The Art Students' League of New York.

Article II - Objects

The objects of this Society are:

1. The establishment and maintenance of an Academic School of Art, which shall give a thorough course of instruction in drawing, painting and sculpture.
2. The cultivation of a spirit of fraternity among Art Students.

Article III - Members

This Society shall be composed of Artists and Students who intend to make Art a profession.
Members may be elected at the regular business meetings, on the recommendation of the Board of Control, by a three-fourths vote; and must qualify by signing the Constitution and paying the annual dues within thirty days.
Honorary members may be elected as provided in the By-Laws.

Article IV - Officers

The officers of the League shall be a President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, a Corresponding Secretary, and a Recording Secretary; who, with such others are hereinafter provided for, shall constitute the Board of Control.

Article V - Government

The League shall be governed by a Board of Control, which shall have the entire direction and management of all the concerns of the Society during its term of office, and shall be responsible to the League for the maintenance of its schools and for the advancement of the objects of the Society. It shall be composed of twelve officers, one-third of whom shall be students actually at work in the school. It shall hold office for one year, or until the organization of the new Board is completed, and shall be elected in the following manner: At the Annual Meeting, the League shall elect a President, a Vice-President who shall be nominated by the men, a Vice-President who shall be nominated by the women, and three others. Of the six chosen at least three, not including the President, shall be selected from the retiring Board of Control.
The six members so elected shall organize within ten days, and proceed to elect six others, and shall appoint a Treasurer, a Corresponding Secretary and a Recording Secretary.
The Board shall have power to fill all vacancies that may occur in its number and to remove any member except those elected by the League.
Members of the Board of Control shall not receive any remuneration from the Society for their services, nor shall they be eligible for any salaried office in the League.

Article VI - Dues

All dues shall be fixed and established by the Board of Control.

Article VII - Meetings

There shall be an Annual Meeting of the League held in the month of December, for the election of Officers for the ensuing year; and such other meetings as may be provided for in the By-Laws. One hundred of the active members shall constitute a quorum at the Annual Meeting and at all Special Meetings of the League. (As Amended December 4, 1963)

Article VIII - Schools

The Board of Control shall maintain schools or classes for study from the Nude and from the Antique. It may establish or discontinue, at its discretion, classes for study from the Head, in Composition, Perspective, Anatomy, or any other branch that may be included in a regular academic course of art study.

Article IX - Expulsion

The Board of Control shall have the power to suspend or expel a member of the League, as provided in the By-Laws, and all interest in the property of the Society of persons resigning, or otherwise ceasing to be members, shall vest in the League.

Article X - Amendments

This Constitution shall not be altered or amended, except at the Annual Meeting. All proposed amendments must be submitted to the Board of Control and be posted on the bulletin of the League one month prior to being acted upon; and no amendment shall be adopted unless by vote of three-fourths of the members personally present forming a quorum.