Trans. N. Y. Ac. Sci. 154 
2. And be 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 regulations be not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State, or of 
the United States. 
3. And be it further enacted, That the officers of the said Society shall con- 
sist of a President and two Vice-Presidents, a Corresponding Secretary, a 
Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, and Five Curators, 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 be 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, Corresponding Secretary; William Cooper, 
Recording Secretary; Benjamin P. Kissam, Treasurer ; and John Torrey, Will- 
iam Cumberland, D. Jurco V. Knevels, James Clements, and James Pierce, 
Curators; severally to be the first officers of the said corporation, who shall hold 
their respective offices until the twenty-third day of February next, and until 
others shall be chosen in their places. 
5. And be it further enacted, That the present Constitution of the said Asso- 
ciation shail, after passing of this Act, continue to be the Constitution thereof ; 
and that no alteration shall be made therein, unless by a vote to that effect of 
three-fourths of the resident members, and upon the request in writing of one- 
third of such resident members, and submitted at least one month before any 
vote shall be taken thereupon, 
State of New Vork, Secretary's Office. 
I cerTIFy the preceding to be a true copy of an original Act of the 
Legislature of this State, on file in this Office. 
ARCH’D CAMPBELL, 
ALBANY, Afril 29, 1818. Dep. Sec’ry. 
