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or otherwise disposing of said real and personal, or any 

 part thereof, at their will and pleasure : Provided, however, 

 That the funds of the said corporation shall be used and 

 appropriated to the objects contemplated in the preamble 

 to this act: And provided also, That the clear annual in- 

 come of such real and personal estate shall not exceed the 

 sum of one thousand dollars. 



§ 2. And be it farther enacted, That the said society shall for- 

 ever hereafter have power to make, constitute, ordain, and 

 establish such by-laws and regulations, as they shall judge 

 proper for the election of their officers, for prescribing 

 their respective functions, and the mode of discharging the 

 same, for the admission of new members, for the govern- 

 ment of the officers and members thereof, for collecting 

 the fines, impositions and annual contributions from the 

 members, for regulating the places and times of meeting 

 of the said society, for suspending or expelling such mem- 

 bers as shall neglect or refuse to comply with the by-laws 

 or regulations, and for managing and directing the affairs 

 and concerns of the said seciety : Provided, such by-laws 

 and regulations be not repugnant to the constitution and 

 laws of this state or of the United States. 



§ 3. And be it further enacted, That the officers of the said 

 society shall consist of a president, two vice-presidents, a 

 corresponding secretary, a recording secretary, a treasurer, 

 three curators, and a draftsman, and such other officers as 

 the said society may deem necessary, who shall be annu- 

 ally chosen, and who shall continue in office for one year, 

 or until others shall be elected in their stead; that if the 

 annual election shall not be held on any of the days for 

 that purpose appointed, it shall be lawful to make such 

 election on any other day, and that five members of the 

 said society assembled at the place and time designated 

 for that purpose by the constitution, by-laws, or resolu- 

 tions of said society, shall constitute a legal meeting there- 



