AN ACT 



TO INCORPORATE THE 



ACADEMY OF NATUEAL SCIENCES 



OP 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Whereas it is represented to the Legislature that a number of per- 

 sons have formed a Society in Phihxdelphia for the encouragement 

 and cultivation of the Sciences, by the name of " The Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia," as a Society devoted entirely to 

 the advancement of useful learning, and in order that the purposes 

 thereof may be carried into better effect, 



Therefore, 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 

 tives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met, 

 and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That all such 

 persons as now are members of said Society, according to its rules 

 heretofore adopted, or that hereafter may become members of the 

 same, agreeably to its rules and regulations, be and they are hereby 

 incorporated into a Society by the name of " The Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia," and by that name shall have perpetual 

 succession, with power to have a common seal, and change the same 

 at pleasure, to make contracts relative to the said institution, to sue 

 and be sued, and by that name and style be capable, in law, of pur- 

 chasing, taking, holding, and conveying any estate, real or personal, 

 for the use of said corporation : Provided, that the annual income of 

 such estate shall not exceed in value eight thousand dollars, nor be 

 applied to any other purposes than those for which this corporation 

 is formed. 



Sect. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. 

 That the Society may establish By-Laws and orders for its government 

 and regulation, and for the preservation and application of the funds 



