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§3. The present officers of the said ciiil) shall hold their respective offices 

 until others shall be chosen in their [)laces. 



§4. This act is, and is hereby declared to be a public act, and the same 

 shall be construed in all courts and places favorably and benignly for every 

 beneficial purpose therein intended; and no misnomer of the said corporation 

 in any deed, gift, grant, demise or other instrument of contract or conveyance, 

 shall vitiate or defeat the same, provided the corporation shall be sufficiently 

 described to ascertain the intention of the parties. 



§5. This act shall take effect immediately. 



[Laws of the State of New York, 94th Session, Chap. 665.] 



An act to amend an act entitled "An act to incorporate the New York 

 Botanical Club," passed April twenty-one, one thousand eight hundred and 

 seventy-one. Passed April 29, 1872; three-fifths being present. 



The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, 

 do enact as follows : 



Section 1. The name of the said New York Botanical Club is hereby 

 changed and altered to that of the Torrey Botanical Club, and under such 

 name it shall be and hereby is constituted a body politic, both in fact and in 

 name, with all the privileges granted in the act of incorporation, which this 

 act is intended to alter and amend, and also subject to all restrictions contained 

 in the said act of incorporation. 



§2. The names of William M. Tweed Jr. and Cornelius Corson, are hereby 

 stricken out of the list of names of the persons constituting the incorporators 

 of the said New York Botanical Club. 



§3. This act shall take effect immediately. 



[Laws of the State of New York, 95th Session, Chap. 435.] 



CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 



Adopted March 25, 1873. Amended at various times 

 and codified March and April, 1927 



CONSTITUTION 

 Article I — Name 

 The name of this Society shall be THE TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB. 



Article II — Objects 

 The objects of the Club shall be to collect and diffuse correct information 

 on all topics relating to Botany, and to promote an interest in this science. 



Article III — Officers 

 The officers of the Club shall consist of a President, a First \'ice-President, 

 a Second \'ice-President, a Treasurer, a Secretary, an Editor, Associate 

 Editors, and a Bibliographer. The President, the\'ice-Presidents,theTreasurer, 

 the Secretary, and the Editor shall constitute a Board of Trustees in whom 

 the corporate rights of the Club shall be vested. The officers shall be elected 

 annually by ballot, and shall hold their offices for one year, or until others 

 are installed in their places. At such election the presiding officer shall appoint 

 two persons to receive and count the votes given thereat. 



