55 2 HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. 



are hereby constituted a body corporate by the name of the "Historical Society 

 of Westchester County," for the purpose of collecting and preserving historical 

 information specially within the original limits of said county, and relative to 

 historical matters generally. 



§ 2. Fur the i mrposcs aforesaid the said society shall possess the general powers 

 and privileges and be subject to the general liabilities contained in the third title 

 of tin- eighteenth chapter of the first part of the Revised Statutes, as far as the 

 same may be applicable, and may not have been modified or repealed ; but the 

 real and personal estate which the said society shall be authorized to take, and 

 hold, and convey, over and above its library, charts, maps, instruments and col- 

 lections, shall not at any time exceed in value that which does produce the clear 

 yearly income of ten thousand dollars. 



§ 3. The officers of said society shall be a President and as many Vice-Presi- 

 dents, Secretaries and other officers as may from time to time be provided by the 

 by-laws of the society. 



§ 4. The said society for fixing the terms of admission of its members, for the 

 government of the same, for changing the officers thereof and for the regulation 

 and management of its transactions and affairs shall have power to form a code 

 of by-laws, cot inconsistent with the laws of the State of New York or of the 

 United States: which code when formed and adopted at a regular meeting shall, 

 until modified or rescinded, be equally binding as the Act upon its officers and 

 members. 



§ 5. The Legislature may at any time alter or repeal this Act. 



§ 6. This Act shall take effect immediately. 



The first officers were : President, Ed. F. Delancy ; Vice-Presidents, 

 Rev. Robt. Bolton, Isaiah Williams, Rev. Chas. E. Lindsley, Robt. P. 

 Getty, Ed. Willis; Pec. Secretary, Isaac Wright; Corresponding Sec, 

 Rev. Robt. Bolton; Foreign Corresp. Sec, IV. Coventry H. Waddle; 

 Precis., Ed. J. Carpenter; Librarian and Curator, Wm. B. Tibbits. 



The village of White Plains is very pleasantly situated, and contains a 

 fine stone court-house and jail, Clerk's office, Surrogate's office,Treasurer's 

 office, Record office, Grand Jury's room, Supervisor's room, and Sheriffs 

 office ; a Bank and Savings Bank, an Episcopal church, two Methodist 

 churches, a Presbyterian church, Roman Catholic church and Baptist 

 church, a young ladies' seminary and a boys military school, several 

 factories, a large number of lawyer's offices, two newspaper offices, two 

 large and fine hotels — the Orawampum and the Standard House. Also 

 several large livery stables, a large public school house, three carnage 

 manufactories, steam, saw and turning mill, gas house, engine house, and 

 a large number of beautiful stores. It has recently erected a very 

 beautiful soldier's monument. The whole town is richly wooded, and 

 well watered by the Bronx, Sheldrake and Mamaroneck rivers. These 

 streams form romantic valleys, and supply numerous mill seats. Since 



