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the said Society, within the time aforesaid, shall choose by 

 ballot, agreeably to the Fundamental Laws and Regulations 

 hereinbefore referred to. one President, four Secretaries, three 

 Curators, and one Treasurer, and at the same time and place, 

 the members met and qualified as aforesaid, shall in like man- 

 ner choose four members for the council, to hold their offices 

 for one year, four more members for the council to hold their 

 offices for two years, and four more members for the council to 

 hold their offices for three years. And on the first Friday in 

 January, which shall be in the year of our Lord one thousand 

 seven hundred and eighty-two, and so likewise on the first 

 Friday of January, yearly and every year thereafter, between 

 the hours of two and five in the afternoon, the members of 

 the said Society met and qualified as aforesaid shall choose 

 one President, three Vice-Presidents, four Secretaries, three 

 Curators, and one Treasurer, to hold their respective offices 

 for one year, and four Councilmen, to hold their offices for 

 three years. Provided^ That no person residing within the 

 United States shall be capable of being President, Vice- 

 President, Secretary, Treasurer, or member of the council, or 

 of electing to any of the said offices, who is not capable of 

 electing and being elected to civil offices within the State in 

 which he resides. Provided also, That nothing herein con- 

 tained shall be considered as intended to exclude any of the 

 said officers or councilors, whose times shall be expired, from 

 being reelected according to the pleasure of the said Society ; 

 and of the day, hours, and place of all such elections, due 

 notice shall be given by the Secretaries, or some of them, in 

 one or more of the public newspapers of this State, agreeably 

 to the said Fundamental Laws and Regulations before re- 

 ferred to. 



And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 

 the officers and council of the said Society shall be capable of 

 exercising such power for the well governing and ordering the 

 affairs of the Society, and of holding such occasional meetings 

 for that purpose, as shall be described, fixed, and determined, 

 by the statutes, laws, regulations, and ordinances of the said 



