CHARTER OF THE SOCIETY. Vll 



or expelling such members as shall neglect or refuse to comply with the 

 by-laws or regulations ; and for the managing and directing the affairs of 

 the said society : Provided such by-laws and regulations be not repug- 

 nant to the constitution and laws of this state, or of the United States. 



And be it further enacted, that the officers of the said society shall con- 

 sist of a president, three vice presidents, twelve counsellors, two record- 

 ing secretaries, two corresponding secretaries, one treasurer, two cura- 

 tors, and such other officers as the society may judge necessary, who 

 shall be annually chosen, and who shall continue in office one year, or 

 until others shall 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 nine mem- 

 bers of the said society, of whom the president, or one of the vice pre- 

 sidents, shall be one, assembling at the place and time designated for that 

 purpose by any by-laws or resolutions of the society, shall constitute a 

 legal meeting thereof. 



And be it further enacted, that De Witt Clinton shall be the first pre- 

 sident, James Kent, David Hosack, and John M. Mason, the first vice 

 presidents, Josiah Ogden Hoffman, Brockholst Livingston, Robert Ful- 

 ton, Robert Adrain, William Johnson, Cadwallader D. Colden, Archibald 

 Bruce, Peter Augustus Jay, John Bowden, Peter Wilson, Wright Post, 

 and William James M'Neven, the first counsellers ; Hugh Williamson 

 and Samuel Latham Mitchill, the first corresponding secretaries ; Jacob 

 Van den Heuvel and James Renwick, the first recording secretaries ; 

 John Pintard and John W. Francis, the first curators ; and Thomas 

 Eddy, the first treasurer ; who shall hold their respective offices until 

 the second Thursday of January next, and until others shall be chosen 

 in their places. 



