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evér hereafter fhall be one body corporate and politic in 
deed, by the name and ftyle of The American P hilofophi- 
cal Society, held at Philadelphia, for promoting ufcful 
knowledge, and by the fame name they are hereby con- 
ftituted and confirmed one body corporate and politic, to 
have perpetual fucceflion, and by the fame name they and 
their fucceflors are hereby declared and made able and ca- 
pable in law, to have, hold, receive, and enjoy lands, te-~ 
nements, rents, franchifes, hereditaments, gifts and be- 
quefts of what nature foever, in fee-fimple, or for term 
of life, lives, years, or otherwife, and alfo to give, grant, 
let, fell, alien, or affign the fame lands, tenements, here- 
ditaments, goods, chattels, and premifes, according to the 
nature of the refpedtive gifts, grants and bequefts, made 
to them the faid Society, and of their eftate therein. 
Provided, That the amount of the clear yearly value 
of fuch real eftate do not exceed the value of ten thoufand 
bufhels of good merchantable wheat. 
And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, 
That the faid Society be, and fhall be for-ever hereafter 
able and capable in law to fue, and be fued, plead and be 
impleaded, anfwer and be anfwered. unto, defend and be 
defended, in all or any of the courts or other places, 
and before any judges, juftices, and other perfon and per- 
fons, in all manner of actions, fuits, complaints, pleas, 
caufes and matters, of what nature or kind foever, with- 
in this commonwealth; and that it fhall and may be law- 
ful to and for the faid Society, for-ever hereafter to have 
and ufe one common feal in their affairs, and the fame at 
their will and pleafure to break, change, alter and renew. 
And be it further enacted by the authority aforefaid, 
That for the well governing the faid Society, and order- 
ing their affairs, they fhall have the following officers, 
that is to fay, one Patron, who fhall be his Excellency 
the Prefident of the Supreme Executive Council of this 
commonwealth, for the time being, and likewife one Pre- 
fident, 
