ii Charter of the Linnean Society. 



trusty and well beloved James Edward Smith Doctor of Phy- 

 siek, Thomas Marsham Esquire, Alexander MacLeay Esquire, 

 Jonas Dryander Esquire, The Reverend Samuel Goodenough 

 Doctor of Laws, Aylmer Bourke Lambert Esquire, Richard 

 Anthony Salisbury Esquire, William George Maton Doctor of 

 Physick, Thomas Furly Forster Esquire, Charles Hatchett Esquire, 

 William Lewis Esquire, The Reverend Thomas Rackett Clerk, 

 John Symmons Esquire, and Thomas Young Doctor of Physick, 

 and such others as shall, from Time to Time, be appointed and 

 elected, in the Manner hereinafter directed, and their Successors, 

 be and shall for ever hereafter continue and be, by virtue of these 

 Presents, one Body Politic and Corporate, by the Name of " The 



Corporate Linnean Society of London ;" and them and their Suc- 

 cessors for the Purposes aforesaid, We do hereby 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 have Power to 



Power to P ur- purchase, receive and possess any Goods and Chattels whatsoever, 

 and (notwithstanding the Statutes of Mortmain) to purchase, hold, 

 and enjoy, to them and their Successors, any Lands, Tenements, 

 and Hereditaments whatsoever, not exceeding, at the Time or 

 Times of purchasing such Lands, Tenements, and Hereditaments, 



Land of the respectively, the yearly Value, at a Rack Rent, of One thousand 



yearly Value r •" ,,., . . t -r. i • ti 



of loooi. Pounds in the whole, without incurring the Penalties or i or- 



feitures of the Statutes of Mortmain, or any of them ; And, by 



To sue and t b e Name aforesaid, to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, 



be sued. 



answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended, in all 

 Courts and Places whatsoever of Us, Our Heirs and Successors, 

 in all Actions, Suits, Causes, and Things whatsoever, and to act 

 and do in all Things relating to the said Corporation in as ample 

 Manner and Form as any other our liege Subjects, being Persons 



able 



