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 the time of contracting the same, 

 the officers or other agents of said corporation, so contracting 

 such debts, shall be personally liable for the same. 



SECTION 3. Be it further enacted, That any member of 

 said corporation may cease to be a member thereof, by giving 

 notice to that effect to the president, treasurer, secretary, or 

 other officers, :: and paying the amount due from him to the 

 socjejby * / '? 



.I .&EOJJION & ''Be it further enacted, That the first meeting 



''c'f the'tticmbets" bf said corporation may be called by any two 



or more of the persons named in the first section, by giving 



one week's notice, or more, by advertisement in any newspaper 



printed in Boston. 



SECTION 5. Be it further enacted, That this Act may be 

 altered or repealed at the discretion of the Legislature. 

 Approved June 12, 1829. 



The Acts in addition to this Act (other than those relating 

 to Mount Auburn) are : 



1. An Act authorizing the purchase and holding of real 

 estate to the amount of fifty thousand dollars, approved Feb- 

 ruary 5, 1844. 



2. An Act authorizing the purchase and holding of real 

 estate to the amount of one hundred thousand dollars, ap- 

 proved April 25, 1853. 



3. An Act authorizing the holding of real estate to the 

 amount of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, approved 

 March 4, 1863. 



