t 

 Charter. 



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

 thoiiSHr.d dollars. 



Sect. 2. A^id be it further enacted by the authority afore- 

 said^ That the ollic«:rs of the said corporation shall consist of 

 a Presidct.t, two Vice-Presidents, Teasurer, Secretary, and 

 such other ollicers as the said corporation may think neces- 

 sar^ , who shall be elected annually or otherwise, as the rules 

 and by-laws of the corporation may direct. 



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

 said^ Th?.t the said corporation when convened, upon due 

 notice given to the members by public advertisement or 

 otherwise, shall have power and authority to make, ordain 

 and 'jstf»blish, such and so man}^ rules, by-lav/s and ordinances 

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

 the pc.;vers and duties of the officers thereof, and the ordering 

 of the Other concerns of the said corporation as they may 

 deem neccss".ry 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<. jhid be it further enacted by the authority afore- 

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

 tinue in their respective stations unt^l 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. 



REKS HILL, 

 Speaker of the House of Representatives. 



ISAAC WEAVER, 



Speaker of the Senate. 



ArPROVED — The twenty-seventh day of March, one thou- 

 sand eight hundred and nineteen. 



WILLIAM FINDLAY. 



