Vi CHARTER OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION. 



1. The persons now members of the said Voluntary 

 Association and all such persons as shall hereafter become 

 members of the Association hereby incorporated shall be 

 one Body Corporate and Pohtic by the name of " The 

 British Association for the Advancement of Science " and by 

 that name shall and may sue and be sued, plead and be 

 impleaded in all Courts whether of law or equity either in 

 Our United Kingdom or in Our Dominions, Colonies or 

 Dependencies and shall have perpetual succession and a 

 common seal which may be changed or varied by it at its 

 pleasure : 



And We do Hereby Further Grant and Ordain that the 

 said British Association for the Advancement of Science 

 (hereinafter called " the Association ") shall have and may 

 exercise all or any of the powers, rights, authorities, and 

 privileges and shall be subject to the duties and obligations 

 hereinafter set forth and shall be entitled to the benefit of 

 and be subject to the provisions hereinafter contained and 

 such provisions shall have effect accordingly. 



2. The Association shall have power to acquire, take 

 over and accept by way of gift from the Existing Association 

 all the property, stocks, funds, securities and other assets of 

 every description now belonging to the Existing Association 

 or held in trust for or for the use of the same and to under- 

 take, execute and perform any trust or conditions affecting 

 any of such property, stocks, funds, securities or other assets 

 and to give any trustees in whom the same may be vested a 

 valid receipt, discharge and indemnity for and in respect of 

 the transfer of the same to the Association. 



3. We do also hereby, for Us, Our Heirs, and Successors, 

 license, authorise, and for ever hereafter enable the Associa- 

 tion to purchase, take on lease or hire, accept on loan or as 

 a gift or otherwise acquire or hold (without any further 

 licence in Mortmain) any lands, buildings, easements or 

 hereditaments of any tenure and any real or personal 

 property of any description whatsoever and to construct, 

 provide, maintain, repair and alter any buildings for all or 

 any of the purposes of the Association, or for any purpose 

 of carrying out the conditions of any trust affecting such 



