thereof; Provided the same be not repugnant to the Constitution and 

 Laws of the United States, or of this Commonwealth. 



Sect. 3. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 

 the Society shall consist of members and correspondents ; and candi- 

 dates for admission shall be elected under such rules, and upon such 

 terms, as the Society shall establish ; aliens shall enjoy the full rights 

 of members or correspondents in the Society ; but members only shall 

 have the right of voting, of holding offices, and of transacting busi- 

 ness; and correspondents shall have the privilege of attending the 

 meetings, and visiting the museum. 



Sect. 4. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 

 the officers of the Society shall be a president, two vice-presidents, a 

 corresponding secretary, a recording secretary, a treasurer, a librarian, 

 and four curators, whose respective duties may be assigned by the By- 

 Laws of the said Society, and they shall be elected at the last stated 

 meeting of the Society in December in each year, and if any office 

 should become vacant, it may be supplied by a special election, until 

 the annual election then ensuing ; and until the next annual election 

 for officers in the month of December, one thousand eight hundred 

 and seventeen, the present officers are hereby vested with power to 

 perform the duties prescribed by the existing rules of the Society, 

 unless there be intermediate vacancies, and then the officer or officers 

 to be elected shall have the full power of his or their predecessors. 



Sect. 5. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 

 if the annual election for officers shall not be held at the stated day, 

 the said corporation shall not be thereby dissolved, but the officers 

 shall continue in office until a new election. 



REES HILL, * 



Speaker of the House of Representatives. 



ISAAC WEAVER, 



Sjjeaker of the Senate. 



Approved the twenty-fourth day of March, one thousand eight 

 hundred and seventeen. 



SIMON SNYDER. 



Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth, 

 Harrisburg, April 25th, 1817. 

 I certify that the above and foregoing is a true copy of the original 

 law remaining on file in this office. Witness my hand and seal. 



JAMES TRIMBLE, [l. s.] 



Deputy Secretary. 



