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ACT OP INCORPORATION. 



(Eommontocaltlj of ^tassacljusctts. 



In the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Nine. 



AN ACT 



TO INCORPORATE THE MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in 

 General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, That Zebedee 

 Cook, Jr., Robert L. Emmons, W;j.t,iam Worthington, B. V. French, 

 John B. Russell, J. R. Newell, Cheever Newhall and Thomas G. 



Fessenden, their associates and successors, be and they hereby are incor- 

 porated under the name and by the description of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural 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 introduction of new 

 species and varieties ; with power to make by-laws not inconsistent with 

 the Laws of the Commonwealth, for the regulation of said Society, and the 

 management of the same and of its concerns ; to receive donations, bequests 

 and devises for promoting 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 pur- 

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

 sonal 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 other Officers or Members, or any Attorneys, Agents, or 

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

 the funds, discharge the functions, and promote the objects thereof; 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. 



Section 2. Be it further enacted, That in case the said Corporation 

 shall at any time contract debts beyond their means and ability to pay at 



