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CHARTER OF THE ALBANY INSTITUTE. 



An Act to incorporate the Albani/ Institute. Passed February 27, 



1829. Chap. 43. 



Whereas the Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts, 

 and the Albany Lyceum of Natural History, have agreed 

 to articles of association, for the purpose of forming an 

 Institution for the promotion of Science and Literature, to 

 be called " The Albany Institute." Therefore, 



The People of the state of New York, represented in Senate 

 and Assembly, do enact as follows : 



§ 1. All such persons as shall at the time of the passage of 

 this act, be members of the said " Society for the Promo- 

 tion of Useful Arts," or of the "Albany Lyceum of Natural 

 History," and such other persons as shall from time to time 

 become members of the same, or of the third department 

 hereiu after mentioned, shall be and are hereby constituted 

 a body corporate and politic, by the name of " The Albany 

 Institute ;" and the annual income of the real and personal 

 estate which the said corporation is authorized to hold, 

 shall not exceed ten thousand dollars. 



§ 2. The said corporation shall consist of three depart- 

 ments, viz : First, the department of Physical Sciences and 

 the Arts: Second, the department of Natural History, and, 

 Third, the department of Historyand General Literature. 

 " The Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts," as at 

 present constituted, shall be the First Department — "The 

 Albany Lyceum of Natural History," as at present consti- 

 tuted, the Second Department; and a Society for the pro- 

 motion of History and General Literature shall be formed 

 as soon as may be, which shall be the Third Department : 



