inological Society of Philadelphia," and by the above uame the said Cor- 

 poration shall have perpetual succession, have a common seal, with power 

 to change the same, shall be able to make contracts and capable in law 

 and equity of purchasing, receiving, holding and conveying all estates, 

 real, personal or mixed, for the use and benefit of the said Corporation, 

 and that may be required for the above purposes: Provided^ That the 

 clear yearly value or income of the said estate, shall not at any time exceed 

 the sum of five thousand dollars. 



Section 2. That the said Society shall consist of Members resident 

 and corresponding, who shall be elected upon such terms and under such 

 regulations as the Society shall determine; but the right of voting, hold- 

 ing office and transacting business, shall be confined solely to resident 

 Members. 



Section o. That the officers of the Society shall consist of a Presi- 

 dent, a Vice-President, a Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Secretary 

 and a Treasurer, whose respective duties shall be determined by the Society, 

 and for that and all other purposes, the said Corporation shall have the 

 power to make and adopt any By-laws, and to establish and put in execu- 

 tion all such Regulations for the government or management of the said 

 Society, as shall be deemed expedient and not inconsistent with the Con- 

 stitution and liaws of the United States, and of the Commonwealth of 



Pennsvlvania. 



JOHN ROWE, 



Speaker of the House of Eepresentatives. 



L. W. HALL, 



Speaker of the Senate. 



Approved the eleventh day of April. Anno Domini, one thousand eight 



hundred and sixty-two. 



A. G. CURTTN. 



Office ok the Secretarv of the Commonwealth. 

 Pennsylvania, ss. Harrisburo. April, 19th. 1862. 



I do hereby certify, that the foregoing and annexed is a full, true and 

 correct copy of the original x\ct of the Greneral Assembly, entitled " An 

 Act to incorporate The Entomological Society of Philadelphia," as the 

 same remains on file in this office. In testimony whereof, I have hereun- 

 to set my hand, and caused the Seal of the Secretary's Office to be affixed, 



the day and year above written. 



SAMUEL B. THOMAS, [ l. s.] 



Deputy Secretary of the Commonvvpaltli. 



