ACT OF INCORPORATION. 



STATE OF MAINE. 



In the; Year op our Lord One Thousand Eight Hun- 

 dred AND Seventy-Three. 



An Act to Incorporate the Maine State Pomological Society. 



Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in 



Legislature assembled, as follows : 



Section i. Z. A. Gilbert, George W. Woodman, A. L. Simp- 

 son, George B. Sawyer, J. C. Weston, Charles Pope, Samuel 

 Rolfe, James A. Varney, Albert Noyes, Rufus Prince, J. C. 

 Madigan, S. F. Perley, Hannibal Belcher, J. B. Phillips. Joseph 

 Taylor, Harvey Counce, John Currier, William Swett, Henry 

 McLaughlin, Calvin Chamberlain, Washington Gilbert, George 

 C. Weston, Hiram Chase, J. C. Talbot and S. L. Goodale, their 

 associates and successors, are hereby constituted a corporation 

 for the promotion of fruit culture, by the name of The Maine 

 State Pomological Society. 



Sec. 2. Said society shall have all the rights, privileges 

 and powers conferred by the laws of this State upon county and 

 local agricultural societies, and shall be subject to all liabilities 

 imposed by existing laws upon such societies, so far as the same 

 are applicable to the objects of this society; but the bounty to 

 be paid by the State to said society shall not exceed the sum of 

 five hundred dollars * in one year. 



Sec. 3. Said society shall have power to elect such offi- 

 cers, and adopt such by-laws and regulations, not inconsistent 

 with the laws of this State, as may be necessary to carry into 

 effect the objects of the society. 



* Increased to One Thousand Dollars by Legislature of 1S!>3. 



