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and granted, and We do hereby give and grant, That the said Joseph 

 William Dunning and such others of Our loving subjects as are now 

 Fellows of the said Society, or who shall at any time hereafter become 

 Fellows thereof in pursuance of the provisions of this Our Charter and 

 according to such Bye-Laws as are hereinafter mentioned, shall be a Body 

 Corporate by the name of " The Entomological Society of London," having 

 perpetual succession and a common seal, with power to sue and be sued in 

 their Corporate name, and to acquire and hold anv goods and chattels 

 whatsoever. 



And our Will and Pleasure is, That John Obadiah Westwood, Esq., 

 Master of Arts, Hope Professor of Zoology in the University of Oxford, 

 shall be Honorary President of the said Corporation during the term of his 

 natural life. And that Robert MacLachlan, F.ll.S., shall be the first 

 President of the said Corporation and shall continue such until the Annual 

 Meeting to be held in the month of January next. 



And our Will and Pleasure is. And we do hereby declare, that there 

 shall always be a Council to direct and manage the concerns of the said 

 Corporation. And that the thirteen persons who were elected to form the 

 Council of the said Society at the Annual Meeting held in the month of 

 January last shall form the first Council of the said Corporation, and shall 

 continue in Office until the Annual Meeting to be held in the month of 

 January next. 



And our Will and Pleasure is. And we further grant and declare, that 

 the existing Bye-Laws of the said Society, as revised and amended at a 

 General Meeting held on the 2nd day of May, 1883, shall be the Bye-Laws 

 of the said Corporation, until the same shall be revoked or altered as 

 hereinafter mentioned. And that it shall be lawful at General Meetings of 

 the said Corporation to revoke or alter any former Bye-Laws, and to make 

 such new Bye-Laws as shall be deemed useful and necessary for the 

 regulation of the said Body Corporate. 



Provided always : And we lastly declare it to be Our Pioyal Will and 

 Pleasure, That no Bye-Law or Resolution shall, on any account or pretence 

 whatsoever, be made by the said Corporation in opposition to the general 

 scope, true intent, and meaning of this Our Charter or the Laws and 

 Statutes of this Realm, and that if any such Bye-Law or Resolution shall 

 be made, the same shall be absolutely null and void. 



In Witness whereof We have caused these our Letters to be made 

 Patent. 



Witness Ourself at Westminster the twentieth 

 day of July, in the Forty-ninth year of Our 

 Reign. 



By Warrant under the Queen's Sign Manual. 



