curators, of the institute : Stephen Van Rensselaer shall be 

 the president, and Simeon De Witt, at present president of 

 the society for the promotion of useful arts, and Theod- 

 ric Romeyn Beck, at present president of the Albany lyce- 

 um of natural history, shall be the vice-presidents, and Will- 

 iam Mayell, the treasurer, of the institute ; who shall sev- 

 erally hold their respective offices until others shall be cho- 

 sen in their places. 



The elective officers shall be chosen by a plurality of 

 the votes of the members of the institute present, at a reg- 

 ular meeting for that purpose, convened according to the 

 by-laws of the institute, of which previous notice shall be 

 given in at least one of the newspapers published in the city 

 of Albany. 



If at any regular meeting of the institute for the election 

 of officers, any or either of the departments constituting the 

 institute shall not continue organized, or be in any way dis- 

 solved, such officers of the institute as are hereby declared 

 to be ex officio from the said departments, maybe elected by 

 the institute in the same manner as the other elective officers 

 are directed to be chosen. 



Nine members of the institute, regularly convened, shall 

 constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and five 

 members of either of the departments, regularly convened, 

 shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business in 

 such department. 



The books now belonging to or hereafter coming into pos- 

 session of the aforesaid departments, shall be deposited in 

 the library of the said corporation ; and all specimens of na- 

 tural history or the arts, now or hereafter belonging to or 

 coming into the possession of either of the said departments, 

 shall be deposited in the museum of the said corporation. 



The corporation shall have power to make, constitute, or- 

 dain and establish such by-la\* s and regulations as they shall 

 judge proper for the election of their officers, for prescrib- 

 ing their respective functions and the mode of discharging 

 the same, for the admission of new members, for the gov-r 

 ernment of the officers and members thereof, for collecting 

 the fines, impositions and annual contributions from the mem- 

 bers, for regulating the times and places of meeting and for 

 managing and directing the affairs and concerns of the said 



The legislature may at any time hereafter amend, modify 

 or repeal this act. 



