ORDER OF THE COURT. 3 



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 Nezv York, Secretary' s Office. 



I CERTIFY the preceding to be a true copy of an original Act 

 of the Legislature of this State, on file in this Office. 



ARCH'D CAMPBELL, 



Dep. Secy. 

 Albany, April 2g, 1818. 



ORDER OF COURT. 



ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK 



TO CHANGE THE NAME OF 



THE LYCEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY IN THE 

 CITY OF NEW YORK 



TO 



THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



Wheras, in pursuance of the vote and proceedings of this 

 Corporation to change the corporate name thereof from " The 

 Lyceum of Natural History in the City of New York" to "The 

 New York Academy of Sciences," which vote and proceedings 

 appear of record, an application has been made in behalf of said 



