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cessors, any real estate in fee simple or otherwise, and any 

 goods, chattels, and personal estate, and of selling, leasing, 

 or otherwise disposing of the said real or personal estate, or 

 any part thereof, at their will and pleasure : Provided always, 

 that the clear annual value or income of such real or per- 

 sonal estate shall not exceed the sum of five thousand dol- 

 lars: Provided, however, that the funds of the said corporation 

 shall be used and appropriated to the promotion of the objects 

 stated in the preamble to this act, and those only. 



And be it further enacted, That the said society shall from 

 time to time, for ever hereafter, have power to make, consti- 

 tute, 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 dis- 

 charging the same ; for the admission of new members ; for 

 the government of the officers and members thereof ; for col- 

 lecting 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 regu- 

 lations, and for the managing or directing the affairs and con- 

 cerns of the said society : Provided, such by-laws and regu- 

 lations be not repugnant to the constitution and laws of this 

 State or of the United States. 



And be it further enacted, That the officers of the said so- 

 ciety shall consist 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 appointed, it shall be lawful 

 o make such election at any other day, and that five members 



