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ANNALS NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 
lish such by-laws and regulations as they shall judge proper, for the election 
of their officers; for prescribing their respective functions, and the mode of 
discharging the same; for the admission of new members; for the govern¬ 
ment of the officers and members thereof; for collecting annual contribu¬ 
tions from the members towards the funds thereof; for regulating the times 
and places of meeting of the said Society; for suspending or expelling such 
members as shall neglect or refuse to comply with the by-laws or regulations, 
and for the managing or directing the affairs and concerns of the said Society: 
Provided such by-laws and regulations be not repugnant to the Constitution 
and laws of this State or of the United States. 
3. And be it further enacted, That the officers of the said Society shall 
consist of a President and two Vice-Presidents, a Corresponding Secretary, 
a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, and five Curators, and such other 
officers as the Society may judge necessary; who shall be annually chosen, 
and who shall continue in office for one year, or until others be elected in 
their stead; that if the annual election shall not be held at any of the days 
for that purpose appointed, it shall be lawful to make such election at any 
other day; and that five members of the said Society, assembling at the 
place and time designated for that purpose by any by-law or regulation of 
the Society, shall constitute a legal meeting thereof. 
4. And be it further enacted, That Samuel L. Mitchill shall be the Presi¬ 
dent; Casper W. Eddy the First Vice-President; Frederick C. Schaeffer 
the Second Vice-President; Nathaniel Paulding, Corresponding Secretary; 
William Cooper, Recording Secretary; Benjamin P. Kissam, Treasurer, 
and John Torrey, William Cumberland, D’Jurco V. Knevels, James 
Clements, and James Pierce, Curators; severally to be the first officers of 
the said Corporation, who shall hold their respective offices until the twenty- 
third day of February next, and until others shall be chosen in their places. 
5. And be it further enacted, That the present Constitution of the said 
Association shall, after passing of this Act, continue to be the Constitution 
thereof; and that no alteration shall be made therein, unless by a vote to 
that effect of three-fourths of the resident members, and upon the request 
in writing of one-third of such resident members, and submitted at least one 
month before any vote shall be taken thereupon. 
State of New York, Secretary’s Office. 
I certify the preceding to be a true copy of an original Act of the Legis¬ 
lature of this State, on file in this Office. 
Arch’d Campbell, 
Dep. Sec’y. 
Albany, April 29 , 1818 . 
