CHARTER. 



Chapter 3015. 



AN ACT TO Incorporate the Philadelphia Sgciety for Pro- 

 moting Agriculture. 



Section 1. The persons constituting the Philadelphia Agri- 

 cultural Society declared to be a body politic and corporate 

 by the name of " The Philadelphia Society for Promoting Ag- 

 riculture," with the usual corporate powers, for ten years. 2. 

 Officers to be elected annually. 3. Corporation authorised 

 to make by-laws not inconsistent with the laws and constitu- 

 tion of this commonwealth. 4. Present officers to continue 

 4intil an election shall be held under this act. 



Passed Uth February, 1809. 



Chapter 4738. 



AN ACT to Incgrporate the Ph-iladelphia Socifiy for Pro- 

 moting Agriculture. 



Sec. L Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Represen- 

 tatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General As- 

 sembly met, arid it is Thereby enacted by the authm'ity of the 

 same, That the persons who now constitute the Philadelphia 

 Society for Promoting Agriculture, or who shall hereafter be 

 admitted members of the same, shall be, and hereby are declar- 

 ed to be a body politic and corporate for the term of twenty 

 years from and after the parsing of this act, by the name 

 and style of -" The Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agri- 

 culture," to feav>e succesfflon, to jiead and be impleaded, sue 

 and be sued in all courts of record or elsewhere, and be capa- 

 ble to take, hold and enjoy lands, tenements and hereditament?, 

 goods and chattels, and the same from time to time to sell, 

 grant, demise, alien and dispose of, to use a common seal ,and 

 to alter or renew the same at pleasure : Provid&l, That the 



