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after, to have and use one common seal in their affairs, and the same 

 at their will and pleasure to break, change, alter and renew. 



And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid. That for the 

 well governing the said Society, and ordering their affairs, they shall 

 have the following officers, that is to say, one Patron, who shall be 

 his Excellency the President of the Supreme Executive Council [now 

 the Governor] of this Commonwealth, for the time being, and likewise 

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

 one Treasurer, together with a Council of twelve Members: and that 

 on the first Friday of January next, between the hours of two and 

 five in the afternoon, as many of the members of the said Society as 

 shall have paid up their arrears due to the said Society, and shall 

 declare their willingness to conform to the laws, regulations and ordi- 

 nances of the Society, then duly in force, according to the tenor hereof, 

 by subscribing the same, and who shall attend in the Hall, or place 

 of meeting of the said Society, within the time aforesaid, shall choose 

 by ballot, agreeably to the Fundamental Laws and Regulations herein 

 before 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 manner 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 mem- 

 bers 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 Slates 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. Pro- 

 vided also. That nothing herein contained, shall be considered as 

 intended to exclude any of the said Officers or Counsellors, whose 

 times shall be expired, from being re-elected, according to the pleasure 

 of the said Society; and of the day, hours, and place of all such elec- 

 tions, due notice shall be given by the Secretaries, or some one of 



