Act of Incorporation. 



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

 said, That the officers of the said corporation shall consist of 

 a president, vice president, treasurer, secretary, and such 

 other officers as the said corporation may think necessary, 

 who shall be elected annually or otherwise as the rules and 

 by laws of the corporation may direct. 



Sect. III. And be it further enacted by the authority 

 aforesaid. That 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 establish such, and so many rules, by-laws and ordinan- 

 ces relating to the times of meeting, the admission of mem- 

 bers the powers and duties of the officers thereof, and the 

 ordering of the other concerns of the said corporation, as 

 they may deem necessary and proper : provided. That no 

 rule, by-law or ordinance as aforesaid, shall be valid if incon- 

 sistent with the constitution and laws of this state or of the 

 United States. 



Sect. IV. And he it further enacted by the authority 

 aforesaiu. That the present officers of the said society shall 

 continue in their respective stations until 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, 



JAMES ENGLE, 



Speaker of the House of Representatives, 



P. C. LANE, 



Speaker of the Senate, 



Approved — the fourteenth day of February, one thousand 

 eight hundred and nine : 



SIMON SNYDER. 



