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Miller, William Thompson, David Ogden, John Delafield, 

 Horatio Gates, Benjamin Strong, and Samuel Jones, Jr., 

 and such other persons as shall from time to time become 

 members of the said society, shall be and hereby are 

 ordained, constituted and declared to be one body corporate 

 and politic, in deed, fact and name, by the name of, The 

 Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, Arts and Manu- 

 factures ; and that by that name, they and their successors 

 until the first day of May one thousand eight hundred and 

 four, shall have succession, and shall be persons in law 

 capable of "suing and being sued, pleading and being 

 impleaded, answering and being answered, defending and 

 being defended, in all courts and places whatsoever, in all 

 manner of actions, suits, complaints, matters and causes 

 whatsoever ; And that they and their successors may have 

 a common seal, and may change and alter the same at 

 their pleasure ; and that they and their successors, by the 

 same name, shall be persons capable in law to purchase, 

 take, receive, hold, and enjoy to them and their successors, 

 any real estate in fee simple, or for term of life or lives, or 

 otherwise ; and any goods, chattels, or personal estate, for 

 the purpose of enabling them the better to carry into exe- 

 cution, encourage and promote such measures as may tend 

 to promote agriculture, arts and manufactures in this state : 

 Provided, the clear yearly value of such real and personal 

 estates shall not exceed the sum of eight hundred pounds 

 lawful money of New York, and that they and their suc- 

 cessors shall have full power and authority to give, grant, 

 sell, lease, demise and dispose of the said real and personal 

 estates, or any part thereof at their will and pleasure; and 

 that they and their successors shall have power from time 

 to time, to make, constitute, ordain and establish such 

 by-laws, constitutions, ordinances and regulations as they 

 shall j udge proper for the election of their officers, for the 

 election or admission of new members of the said corpora- 



