VI CHARTER OF THE SOCIETY. 



Morris, Thomas Addis Emmet, John Wells, John Stevens, John R. 

 Murray, Simeon De Witt, Samuel Jones, jun. David B. Ogden, Ben- 

 jamin De Witt, Samuel F. Jarvis, Gulian C. Verplanck, Samuel Harris, 

 Samuel Akerly, William Sampson, and such other persons as now are, 

 and may from time to time become, members of the said society, shall 

 be, and hereby are, constituted a body coporate and politic by the name 

 of " The Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York," and 

 that by that name they shall have perpetual succession, and shall be 

 persons capable of suing and being sued, pleading and being impleaded, 

 answering and being answered unto, defending and being defended in 

 all courts and places whatsoever, and may have a common seal, with 

 power to change or alter the same from time to time, and shall be ca- 

 pable of purchasing, taking, holding, and enjoying, to them and their 

 successors, any real estate in fee-simple or otherwise, and any goods, 

 chattels, and personal estate, and of selling, leasing, or otherwise dis- 

 posing of the said real and personal estate, or any part thereof, at their 

 will and pleasure ; Provided always, that the clear annual value or income 

 of such real and personal estate, shall not exceed the sum of five thou- 

 sand dollars : 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. 



And be it further enacted, that the said society shall, from time to time, 

 for ever 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 

 contributions from the members toward the funds thereof; for regula- 

 ting the times and places of meeting of the said society ; for suspending 



