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oivotherwise, and any goods,, chattels, and personal estate, and 

 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 five 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 contribu- 

 tions from the members towards the funds thereof; for regulat- 

 ing 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 manag- 

 ing 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 So- 

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

 Frederick C. Schaeffer the Second Vice-President; Nathaniel 

 Paulding, Corresponding Secretary; William Cooper, Record- 



