Purposes of 
the Garden 
Powers of the 
Corporation 
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William C. Schermerhorn, Oswald Ottendorfer, Albert 
Gallup, Timothy F. Allen, Henry R. Hoyt, William G. 
Choate, William H. Draper, John S. Kennedy, Jesse 
a Mee L. Brown, David Lydig, William E. 
Dodge, James A. Scrymser, Samuel Sloan, William H. 
Robertson, Hees P. Nash, Richard W. Gilder, 
Thomas Hogg, Nelson Smith, Samuel W. Fairchild, 
Robert Maclay, William H. S. Wood, George M. 
Olcut, Charles F. Cox, James R. Pitcher, Percy R. 
yne and such persons as are now, or may hereafter 
be hes: with them, and their successors, are 
hereby constituted and created a body corporate by 
the name of The New York Botanical Garden, to be 
located in the City of New York, for the purpose of 
establishing and maintaining a botanical garden and 
museum and arboretum therein, for the collection and 
culture of plants, flowers, shrubs and trees, the ad- 
vancement of botanical science and knowledge, and 
the prosecution of original researches therein and in 
kindred subjects, for affording instruction in the same, 
for the prosecution and exhibition of ornamental and 
decorative horticulture and gardening, and for the 
entertainment, recreation and instruction of the 
eople. 
Sec. 2. Said corporation shall have all such cor- 
porate powers, and may take and hold by gift, grant 
or devise all such real and personal property as may 
be necessary and proper for carrying out the purposes 
aforesaid, and for the endowment of the same, or any 
branch thereof, by adequate funds therefor. 
EC. 3. Said corporation may adopt a constitution 
and by-laws; make rules and regulations for the 
transaction of its business, te admission, a aa 
poration, and for the number, election, terms, an 
duties of its officers, subject to the provisions of this 
act; and may from time to time alter or modify its 
