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other Officers or Members, or any Attorneys, Agents, or Represen- 

 tatives of said Society, to transact the business, manage and apply 

 the funds, discharge the functions, and promote the objects there- 

 of; to authorize any of the Members or Officers of said Society to 

 fill vacancies in the various offices of the same that may happen in 

 the intervals between the meetings of the Members for choosing 

 Officers ; and to commence and defend suits. 



SECT. 2. Be it further enacted, That in case the said Corpo- 

 ration shall at any time contract debts beyond their means and 

 ability to pay at the time of contracting the same, the Officers or 

 other Agents of said Corporation so contracting such debts shall 

 be personally liable for the same. 



SECT. 3. Be it further enacted, That any Member of said Cor- 

 poration may cease to be a Member thereof, by giving notice to 

 that eflfdct to the President, Treasurer, Secretaiy, or other Officers, 

 and paying the amount due from him to the Society. 



SECT. 4. Be it further enacted, That the first meeting of the 

 Members of said Corporation may be called by any two or more 

 of the persons named in the first section, by giving one week's 

 notice, or more by advertisement in any newspaper printed in 

 Boston. 



SECT. 5. Be it further enacted, That this Act may be altered 

 or repealed at the discretion of the Legislature. 



Approved June 12, 1829. 



The Acts in addition to this Act (other than those relating to 

 Mount Auburn, which will be found in Appendix D) are, 



1. An Act authorizing the purchase and holding of real estate 

 to the amount of fifty thousand dollars, approved February , 

 1844. 



2. An Act authorizing the purchase and holding of real estate 

 to the amount of one hundred thousand dollars, approved April 25, 

 1853. 



3. An Act authorizing the holding of real estate to the amount 

 iof two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, approved March 4, 1863. 



