ii Charter of the Linnean Society. 
trusty and well beloved James Edward Smith Doctor of Phy- 
sick, Thomas Marsham Esquire, Alexander MacLeay Esquire, 
Jonas Dryander Esquire, The Reverend Samuel Goodenough 
Doctor of Laws, Aylmer Bourke Lambert Esquire, Richard 
Anthony Salisbury Esquire, William George Maton Doctor of 
Physick, Thomas Furly Forster Esquire, Charles Hat chett Esquire, 
William Lezvis Esquire, The Reverend Thomas Racket t Clerk, 
John Symmons Esquire, and Thomas Young Doctor of Physick, 
and such others as shall, from Time to Time, be appointed and 
elected, in the Manner hereinafter directed, and their Successors, 
be and shall for ever hereafter continue and be, by virtue of these 
Presents, one Body Politic and Corporate, by the Name of " The 
Corporate Linneai Society of London ;" and them and their Suc- 
cessors for the Purposes aforesaid, We do hereby constitute and 
declare to be one Body Politic and Corporate, and by the same 
Name to have perpetual Succession, and for ever hereafter to be 
Persons able and capable in the Law, and have Power to 
V ™ C J £ P ur * purchase, receive and possess any Goods and Chattels whatsoever, 
and (notwithstanding the Statutes of Mortmain), to purchase, hold, 
and enjoy, to them and their Successors, any Lands, Tenements, 
and Hereditaments whatsoever, not exceeding, at the Time or 
Times of purchasing such Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, 
ye a a n rfy°vahi respectively, the yearly Value, at a Rack Rent, of One thousand 
of idooi. Pounds in the whole, without incurring the Penalties or For- 
feitures of the Statutes of Mortmain, or any of them ; And, by 
be°8u U ed and t ^ ie Name aforesaid, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, 
answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended, in all- 
Courts and Places whatsoever of Us, Our Heirs and Successors, 
in all Actions, Suits, Causes, and Things whatsoever, and to act 
and do in all Things relating to the said Corporation in as ample 
Manner and Form as any other our liege Subjects, being Persons 
able 
