xviii Charter. 



estate by them held shall at no time exceed the sum of six 

 thousand dollars. 



Sect. 2. And be it further enacted by the authority afore- 

 said^ That the officers of the said corporation shall consist of 

 a President, two Vice-Presidents, Teasurer, Secretary, and 

 such other officers as the said corporation may think neces- 

 sary, who shall be elected annually or otherwise, as the rules 

 and bv-iaws of the corporation may direct. 



Sect. 3. And he it further enacted by the authority afore- 

 said^ That the said corporation when convened, upon due 

 notice given ro the members by public advertisement or 

 otherwise, shall have power and authority to make, ordain 

 and establish, such and so many rules, by-laws and ordinances 

 relating to ihe times of meeting, the admission of members, 

 the powers and duties of the officers thereof, and the ordering 

 of the other concerns of the said corporation as they may 

 deem necessary and proper : Provided^ That no rule, by-law 

 or ordinance as aforesaid, shall be valid if inconsistent with 

 the constitution and laws of this State or of the United States. 



Sect. 4, A.nd be it further enacted by the authority afore- 

 said, That the present officers of the said society shall con- 

 tinue in their respective stations until an election shall be 

 made under this act, and the rules, by-laws and ordinances 

 now in force, not inconsistent with the constitution and laws 

 of this State or of the United States, shall be good and valid 

 until altered, amended or abrogated by the corporation. 



REES HILL, 

 Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

 ISAAC WEAVER, 

 Speaker of the Senate. 



Approved — I'he twenty-seventh day of March, one thou- 

 sand eight hundred and nineteen. 



WILLIAM FINDLAY. 



