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Sears, James Sullivan, Cotton Tufts, Charles Vaughan^ 

 and Thomas Winthrop, together with fuch others 

 who fhall become members thereof, be, and they are 

 hereby incorporated into, and made a body politic and 

 corporate forever, by the name of the Majfachufeits 5o- 

 ciety for promoting /Igriculture, 



And be it further ena^ed by the authority ajorefaid^ 

 That the faid corporation be, and are hereby declared 

 and made capable in law of having, holding, purchafmg 

 and takingin fee fimple, or any lefs eftate, by gift, grant, 

 devife, or otherwife, any lands, tenements, or other eftate, 

 real and perfonal ; provided that the annual income of 

 the faid real and perfonal eftate, ftiall not exceed the 

 fum of ten thoufand pounds, and alfo to fell, alien, de- 

 vife, or difpofe of the fame eftate, real and perfonal, not 

 ufing the fame in trade or commerce. 



And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid. 

 That the faid corporation fhall have full power and au- 

 thority to make, have, and ufe a common feal, and the 

 fame to break, alter, and renew at pleafure ; that it fhall 

 be capable in law to fae and be fued, plead and be im- 

 pleaded, anfwer and be anfwered unto, defend and be 

 defended, in all courts of record, or other courts or plac- 

 es whatfoever, in all a£lions real and perfonal and mixed, 

 and to do and execute all and lingular other matters and 

 things, that to them fhall, and may appertain to do. 



And be it further enabled by the authority aforefaid. 

 That the faid corporation may make, eftablifli and put 

 in execution, fuch laws and regulations as may be ne- 

 ceffary to the government of faid corporation, provided 

 the fame fliall in no cafe be repugnant to the laws and 

 conftitution of this ftate. — And for the well governing 

 of the faid corporation, and the ordering their affairs, 

 they fhall have fuch ofBcers as they fhall hereafter from 

 time to time ele6l and appoint ; and fuch officers as 

 fliall be defignated by the laws and regulations of the 

 faid corporation for the purpofe, fhall be capable of 

 exercifing fuch power for the well governing and order- 

 ing the affairs of the faid corporation, and calling and 

 holding fuch occafional meetings for that purpofe, as 

 fhall be fixed and determinc^d by the faid laws and rtfg» 

 ulations. And' 



