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G. M. MILLER, U. S. A. Reptiles, from Fort Reynolds, Colorado Ten-. 



E. S. MORSE, Salem. Arrowhead, from Svvampscott Beach. 



R. L. NEWCOMH, Salem. Specimens of Cedar and Canary Birds. 



PHILLIPS, Marblehead. Mollusks and Crustaceans from Marblehead. 



B. A. WEST, Salem. Skull of a four-horned Ram, from Africa. 



The CHAIR presented for consideration the following act recently 

 passed by the Legislature, to amend the Charter of the Institute, 

 which, after some explanatory discussion, was unanimously adopted 

 on motion of A. C. Goodell, Jr. 



COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



In the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy. 



A.N ACT 



TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE ESSEX INSTITUTE. 



Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, in General 

 Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows : 



SECTION 1. The Essex Institute shall have for its objects the ad- 

 vancement of the arts, literature 'and science, in addition to the 

 objects for which the Essex Historical Society and the Essex County 

 Natural History Society were incorporated. 



SECTION 2. The third section of chapter five of the acts of the year 

 eighteen hundred and forty-eight, is hereby repealed. 



SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon its acceptance by said 

 Essex Institute, at a meeting duly held for that purpose. 



HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. February 11, 1870. 

 Passed to be enacted. HARVEY JEWELL, Speaker. 



IN SENATE, February 12, 1870. 



Passed to be enacted. H. H. COOLIDGE, President. 



* 

 February 12, 1870. Approved : WILLIAM CLAFLIN. 



SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT, Boston, March 20, 1870. 

 A true copy. Attest : OLIVER WARNER, 



Secretary of the Commonwealth. 



A committee consisting of W. P. Upham, W. Neilson, C. H. Hig- 

 bee, F. W. Putnam and Caleb Cooke, was appointed to report at the 

 annual meeting such amendments to the by-laws as may be required 

 to conform to the amendatory act of incorporation, now accepted; 

 also to report a list of officers to be presented as candidates for elec- 

 tion at the same meeting. 



Lincoln F. Brigham of Salem, was elected a resident member. 



