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Purposes of 

 the Garden 



Powers of the 

 Corporation 



William C. Schermerhorn, Oswald Ottendorfer, Albert 

 Gallup, Timothy F. Allen, Henry R. Hoyt, William G. 

 Choate, William H. Draper, John S. Kennedy, Jesse 

 Seligman, William L. Brown, David Lydig, William E. 

 Dodge, James A. Scrymser, Samuel Sloan, William H. 

 Robertson, Stephen P. Nash, Richard W. Gilder, 

 Thomas Hogg, Nelson Smith, Samuel W. Fairchild, 

 Robert Maclay, William H. S. Wood, George M. 

 Olcut, Charles F. Cox, James R. Pitcher, Percy R. 

 Pyne and such persons as are now, or may hereafter 

 be associated with them, and their successors, are 

 hereby constituted and created a body corporate by 

 the name of The New York Botanical Garden, to be 

 located in the City of New York, for the purpose of 

 establishing and maintaining a botanical garden and 

 museum and arboretum therein, for the collection and 

 culture of plants, flowers, shrubs and trees, the ad- 

 vancement of botanical science and knowledge, and 

 the prosecution of original researches therein and in 

 kindred subjects, for affording instruction in the same, 

 for the prosecution and exhibition of ornamental and 

 decorative horticulture and gardening, and for the 

 entertainment, recreation and instruction of the 

 people. 



Sec. 2. Said corporation shall have all such cor- 

 porate powers, and may take and hold by gift, grant 

 or devise all such real and personal property as may 

 be necessary and proper for carrying out the purposes 

 aforesaid, and for the endowment of the same, or any 

 branch thereof, by adequate funds therefor. 



Sec. 3. Said corporation may adopt a constitution 

 and by-laws; make rules and regulations for the 

 transaction of its business, the admission, suspension 

 and expulsion of the associate members of said cor- 

 poration, and for the number, election, terms, and 

 duties of its officers, subject to the provisions of this 

 act; and may from time to time alter or modify its 



