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AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE MASSACHUSETTS 

 HORTICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 



SECTION 1 . Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- 

 sentatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the 

 same, That Zebedee Cook, Jr., Robert L. Emmons, William 

 Worthington, B. V. French, John B. Russell, J. R. Newell, Chee- 

 ver Newhall, and Thomas G-. Fessenden, their Associates and Suc- 

 cessors, be and they hereby are incorporated under the name and 

 by the description of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, for 

 the purpose of encouraging and improving the science and practice 

 of Horticulture, and promoting the amelioration of the various 

 species of trees, fruits, plants, and vegetables, and the introduc- 

 tion of new species and varieties ; with power to make by-laws not 

 inconsistent with the Laws of the Commonwealth, for the regula- 

 tion of said Society, and the management of the same and of its 

 concerns ; to receive donations, bequests, and devises for promot- 

 ing the objects of said Society ; to lay and collect assessments on 

 the Members, not exceeding two dollars per annum ; to enforce the 

 payment of such assessments by action for the same ; to purchase 

 and hold real estate to the amount of ten thousand dollars, and 

 personal estate to the amount of twenty thousand dollars ; to elect 

 a Treasurer, Secretary, and other officers, the appointment of 

 which shall be provided for in the by-laws of said Society ; the 

 meeting for the election of such officers to be called at the times 

 and in the manner provided in such by-laws ; to empower the 

 President, Directors, Comptrollers, Treasurer, Committees, or 



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