3 CHARTER. 



from time to time: aiul sliall be capable of pxirchasiiig, taking, 

 holding-, and enjoying, to them and their successoi'S, 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 pleasnre: 

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

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

 lai's: Provided, however, that the funds of the said corporation 

 shall be used and appropriated to the promotion of the objects stilted 

 in the preamble to this act, and those only. 



2. And be it fxrfJier enacted. That the said Society shall, from 

 time to time, forever hereafter, have power to make, constitute, 

 ordain, anil establish such bv-la\vs and i-egulations as thev shall 

 judge proper, for the election of their otlicers ; for prescribing their 

 respective functions, and the mode of dischai'ging 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 

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

 or regulations, and for the managing or directing the att'airs and 

 concerns of the said Society : Provided such by-laws and regulations 

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

 the United States. 



3. And be 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 Treasurer, and five Cura- 

 toi's, and svich 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 membei*s of the said Society, assembhng 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 be it further enacted. That Samuel L. Mitchill shall be 

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

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

 i-espouding Secretaiy ; William Cooper, Recording Secretary : Ben- 

 jamin P. Kissam, Treasurer, and John Torrey, William Cumber- 

 land, D"Jui"co V. Knevels, James Clements, and James Pierce, 

 Curatoi*s; severally to be the first oflBcers of the said corporation. 



