520 NEW CHARTER OF THE 



constitute and declare to be one body politic and corporate, and 



by the same name to have perpetual succession, and for ever 



hereafter to be persons able and capable in the law, and to have 



rer to power to hold and to purchase, receive and possess the goods 



i goods and chattels already vested in or belonging to the Horticultural 



;, ^^. ^ Society, incorporated by the recited Letters Patent, and any 



Ting to other goods and chattels whatsoever, and (notwithstanding the 



■ ' ' old and to purchase, hold and enjoy to 



any lands, tenements, and heredita- 



well the lands, tenements, and 



hereditaments now vested in or belonging to the said Society, 



or agreed to be leased to them as hereinbefore recited, as all 



other lands, tenements, and hereditaments wheresoever situate, 



such other lands, tenements, and hereditaments not exceeding 



annual value 



incurring i 



penalties or forfeitures of the Statutes of Mortmain 

 I them, and by the name aforesaid to sue and be sued, plead and 

 be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, defend and be 

 defended, in all courts and places whatsoever of Us, Our heirs 



ever, and to act and do in all things relating to the said cor- 

 poration in as ample manner and form as any other Our liege 

 subjects being persons able and capable in the law, or any other 

 body politic or corporate in Our said United Kingdom of Great 

 Britain and Ireland, may or can act and do, and also to have and 

 to use a common seal, and the same to change and alter from 

 time to time as they shall think fit. 



7. And We do hereby declare and grant that the several per- 

 sons who respectively now are as aforesaid Members or Fellows 

 of the first-mentioned Society, shall be or continue Members or 

 Fellows, and shall be and continue subject and liable to all such 

 duties and obligations as they are now subject or liable to as 

 Members or Fellows of the first-mentioned Society, and that all 

 such persons as shall be appointed and elected as hereinafter 

 mentioned shall likewise become or be Fellows or Members of 

 " the Society " hereby incorporated, which is hereinafter referred 

 to as " the Society." 

 a 8. And We do further declare and grant, that for the better 

 rule and government of " the Society," and for the better direc- 

 tion, management, and execution of the busiuess and concerns 

 thereof, there shall be henceforth such bodies and officers as are 

 respectively hereinafter mentioned ; that is to say, there shall be 



