CliaYlfcY of the Albany Ii$ceuin o£ Natut- 

 t\\ History. 



An Act to incorporate the Albany Lyceum of Natural His- 

 tory. Passed April 23, 1823. 



Whereas the members of the Albany Lyceum of Natur- 

 al History have associated for the purpose of encouraging 

 the study, and of disseminating a knowledge of natural his- 

 tory and other useful sciences, and have petitioned for an act 

 of incorporation : Therefore, 



Be it enacted by the people of the state of New-York, re- 

 presented in senate and assembly, That Stephen Van Rensse- 

 laer, Theodric Romeyn Beck, Simeon De Witt Bloodgood* 

 Lewis C. Beck, Matthew Henry Webster, Frederick Ma- 

 thews, Richard Varick De Witt and James Eights, and such 

 other persons as now are and may from time to time become 

 members, shall be and hereby are constituted a body corpo- 

 rate and politic, by the name of the " Albany Lyceum of Na- 

 tural History," and 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 and alter the same from time to time, and shall be 

 capable of purchasing, taking possession of, holding and en- 

 joying, to them and their successors, any real estate in fee sim* 

 pie or otherwise, and any goods, chattels, and personal es- 

 tate, and of selling, leasing, or otherwise disposing of said 

 real and personal, or any part thereof, at their will and pleas- 

 ure : Provided however, That the funds of the said corpora- 

 tion shall be used and appropriated to the objects contemp- 

 lated in the preamble to this act : And provided also, That 

 the clear annual income of such real and personal estate shall 

 not exceed the sum of one thousand dollars. 



And be it further enacted, That the said society shall 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 the fines, impo- 

 sitions and annual contributions from the members, for regu- 



