CHARTER. 



AN ACT TO INCORPORATE "THE ACADEMY OF 

 SCIENCE OF ST. LOUIS." 



Be it enacted^ by the General Assembly of the State of Mis- 

 souri^ as folloivs : 



Section i. That George Engelmann, Hiram A. Prout, 

 Nathaniel Holmes, Benjamin F. Shumard, Charles W. 

 Stevens, James B. Eads, Moses M. Fallen, Adolphus 

 WiSLizENus, Charles A. Pope, Charles P. Chouteau, 

 William M. McPheeters, and others — who have heretofore 

 formed an association in the city of St.^ Louis styled " The 

 Academy of Science of St. Louis," having for its object the 

 advancement of Science, and the establishment in said city of a 

 Museum and Library for the illustration and study of its various 

 branches — their associates and successors, are hereby declared 

 and created a body corporate by the name and style aforesaid ; 

 and by that name they shall have perpetual succession, may sue 

 and be sued, implead and be impleaded, in all courts of compe- 

 tent jurisdiction ; may acquire by purchase, gift, or devise, 

 receive and hold, property, real, personal, or mixed, and the 

 same exchange, sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of, as they may 

 deem proper, for the objects and purposes aforesaid, and not 

 otherwise ; may have a common seal, and break or alter the same 

 at pleasure ; and may make such constitution, regulations, and 

 by-laws, as may be requisite for the government thereof, not 

 being contrary to the laws of the land, and may alter the same 

 at pleasure. , 



