2 CHARTER. 



of selling, leasing, or otherwise disposing of said real or personal 

 estate, or any part thereof, at their will and pleasure : Provided 

 always, that the clear annual value or income of such real or 

 personal estate shall not exceed the sum of live thousand dol- 

 lars : Provided, however, that the funds of the said corporation 

 shall be used and appropriated to the promotion of the objects 

 stated in the preamble to this act, and those only. 



2. And be it further enacted, That the said Society shall, from 

 time to time, forever hereafter, have power to make, constitute, 

 ordain, and establish 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 government of the 

 officers and members thereof; for collecting annual contributions 

 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 direct- 

 ing 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 So- 

 ciety shall consist of a President and tw^o Vice-Presidents, a 

 Corresponding Secretary, a Recording Secretary, a Treasurer, 

 and five Curators, and such other officers as the Societ)' 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 con- 

 stitute a legal meeting thereof. 



4. And be it further enacted, That Samuel L. Mitchill shall be 

 the President ; Casper W. Eddy the First Vice-President ; Fred- 

 erick C. Schaeffer the Second Vice-President ; Nathaniel Pauld- 

 ing, Corresponding Secretary; William Cooper, Recording 



