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from time to time; and sliall be capable of purchasing, taking, 

 holding, and enjoying, to them and their successors, any real estate 

 in fee simple or otherwise, and any goods, chattels, and personal 

 estate, and of selling, leasing, or otherwise disposing of said real 

 or personal estate, or any part thereof, at their will and pleasure: 

 Provided always, that the clear annual value or income of such 

 real or personal estate shall not exceed the sum of five thousand dol- 

 lars: Provided, however, that the funds of the said corpoi^ation 

 sliall be used and approj)riated to the promotion of the objects stated 

 in the preamble to this act, and those only. 



2. And he it further enacted, That the said Society shall, from 

 time to time, forever 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 government of the officers and 

 members thereof; for collecting annual contributions from the 

 members towards the funds thereof ; for regulating the times and 

 places of meeting of the said Society ; for suspending or expelling 

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

 or regulations, and for the managing or directing the affairs and 

 concerns of the said Society : Provided such by-laws and I'egulations 

 be not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State or of 

 the United States, 



3. And he it further enacted, That the officers of the said Society 

 shall consist of a President and two Vice-Presidents, a Correspond- 

 ing Secretary, a Recording Secretary, a Treasui-er, and five Cura- 

 tors, and such other officers as the Society may judge necessary ; 

 who shall be annually chosen, and who shall continue in office for 

 one year, or until others be elected in their stead ; that if the annual 

 election shall not be held at any of the days for that purpose ap- 

 pointed, it shall be lawful to make such election at any other day; 

 and that five members of the said Society, assembling at the place 

 and time designated for that purpose by any by-law or regulation 

 of the Society, shall constitute a legal meeting thereof. 



4. And he it further enacted. That Samuel L. Mitchill shall be 

 the President ; Casper W. Eddy the First Vice-President ; Frederick 

 C. Schaeffer the Second Vice-President ; Nathaniel Paulding, Cor- 

 responding Secretary ; William Cooper, Recording Secretary ; Ben- 

 jamin P. Kissam, Treasurer, and John Toi'rey, William Cumber- 

 land, D'Jurco V. Knevels, .James Clements, and James Pierce, 

 Curators; severally to be the first officers of the said corporation, 



