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P55 Trans. N. Y. Ac. Sci. 
ORDER OF 
THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 
TO CHANGE THE NAME 
OF 
THE LYCEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY IN THE CITY 
OF NEW YORK 
TO 
GHB INE W. YORK ACADEMY,/OF SCIENCES. 
WHEREAS, in pursuance of the vote and proceedings of this Corporation to 
change the Corporate name thereof from ‘‘ The Lyceum of Natural History 
in the City of New York” to ‘‘ The New York Academy of Sciences,” which 
vote and proceedings appear of record, an application has been made in behalf 
of said Corporation to the Supreme Court of the State of New York to legal- 
ize and authorize such change, according to the statute in such case provided, by 
Chittenden and Hubbard, acting as the Attorneys of the Corporation, and the 
said Supreme Court, on the 5th day of January, 1876, made the following 
order upon such application in the premises, viz. : 
At a Special Term of the Supreme 
Court of the State of New York held 
at the Chambers thereof, in the Coun- 
ty Court House, in the City of New 
York, the 5th day of January, 1876: 
Present— Hon. GEORGE C. BARRETT, Fustice. 
In the matter of the Application of} 
the Lyceum of Natural History in 
the City of New York to authorize 
it to assume the corporate name } 
of The New York Academy of ! 
Sciences. 
J 
On reading and filing the petition of the Lyceum of Natural History in 
the City of New York, duly verified by John S. Newberry, the President and 
