36 TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



relating to agriculture, manufactures and commerce, and to use 

 any other means to make the said Institute national in its influence 

 and character." 



§ " 5. The said Board of Regents shall have no control over the 

 property now belonging to the Institute, and shall not interfere 

 with its operations as at present conducted, except so far as power 

 may be delegated to them l)y the regular action of the said cor- 

 poration." 



It has been an ordinary occurrence for members of the Ameri- 

 can Institute, and those not members, to offer large sums of money 

 to carry out the objects above set forth, and in order that there 

 may be a practical commencement to that end, the following form 

 of an agreement has been drawn up for the signatures of those 

 who are willing to become benefactors and patrons of the Ameri- 

 can Institute : 



We, the undersigned, severally agree to pay to the Board of 

 Regents of the American Institute of the City of New York, for 

 the purposes set forth in the preceding article, the sum of mone}'' 

 set opposite our respective names, when subscriptions to the 

 amount of $250,000 shall have been made for that object. 



