CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS V 



said Corporation to that end named, and there appearing to me 

 to be no reasonable objection to said Corporation so changing 

 its name as prayed in said petition: Now on motion of Gros- 

 venor S. Hubbard, of Counsel for Petitioner, it is 



Ordered, That the Lyceum of Natural History in the City of 

 New York be and is hereby authorized to assume the corporate 

 name of The New York Academy of Sciences. 



Indorsed: Filed January 5, 1876, 

 A copy. 



Wm. Walsh, Clerk. 



Resolution of The Academy, accepting the order of the Court, 

 passed February 21, 1876. 



And whereas, ' The order hath been published as therein re- 

 quired, and all the proceedings necessary to carry out the same 

 have been had, Therefore: 



Resolved, That the -foregoing order be and the same is hereby 

 accepted and adopted by this Corporation, and that in con- 

 formity therewith the corporate name thereof, from and after the 

 adoption of the vote and resolution hereinabove referred to, be 

 and the same is hereby declared to be 



THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



THE AMENDED CHARTER. 



March 19, 1902. 

 Chapter 181 of the Laws of 1902. 



An Act to amend chapter one hundred and ninety-seven of 

 the laws of eighteen hundred and eighteen, entitled "An act to 

 incorporate the Lyceum of Natural History in the City of New 

 York," a Corporation now known as The New York Academy 

 of Sciences and to extend the powers of said Corporation. 



(Became a law March 19, 1902, with the approval of the 

 Governor. Passed, three-fifths being present.) 



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

 and Assembly, do enact as follows: 



