NEW CHARTER OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 411 
fellows or Members of the said Society, and such others as from time to 
time shall be appointed and elected in the manner hereinafter directed, 
and their successors, be and shall for ever hereafter continue and be, by 
A'irtue of these presents, one body politic and corporate, by the name of 
The Royal Horticultural Society " ; and them and their successors, for 
the purposes for which the Horticultural Society of London was in- 
corporated by the same Letters Patent, and with and subject to such 
additions and modifications to or in the same purposes as appear in and 
by or flow from, or are consequent on, the said arrangement between the 
said Commissioners and the said Society, and the said Articles of Agree- 
ment of the 24th day of July, 18G0, and of the 20th day of November, 
18G0, and of the 1st day of March, 1861, respectively. We do hereby con- 
stitute and declare to be one body politic and corporate, and by the same 
name to have perpetual succession, and for ever hereafter to be persons 
able and capable in the law, and to have power to hold and to purchase, 
receive and possess the goods and chattels already vested in or belonging 
to the Horticultural Society, incorporated by the recited Letters Patent, 
and any other goods and chattels whatsoever, and (notwithstanding the 
Statutes of Mortmain) to hold and to purchase, hold and enjoy to them 
and their successors, any lands, tenements, and hereditaments whatso- 
ever, including as well the lands, tenements, and hereditaments now 
vested in or belonging to the said Society, or agreed to be leased to them 
as hereinbefore recited, as all other lands, tenements, and hereditaments 
wheresoever situate, such other lands, tenements, and hereditaments not 
exceeding in the whole the annual value of ±^o,000, without incurring the 
penalties or forfeitures of the Statutes of Mortmain or any of them, and 
by the name aforesaid to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, 
answer and be answered unto, defend and be defended, in all courts and 
places whatsoever of Us, Our heirs and successors, in all actions, suits, 
causes, and things whatsoever, and to act and do in all things relating to 
the said corporation in as ample manner and form as any other Our liege 
subjects being persons able and capable in the law, or any other body 
politic or corporate in Our said United Kingdom of Great Britain and 
Ireland, may or can act and do, and also to have and to use a common 
seal, and the same to change and alter from time to time as they shall 
think fit. 
7. And we do hereby declare and grant that the several persons 
Vlio respectively now are as aforesaid Members or Fellows of the first- 
mentioned Society, shall be or continue Members or Fellows, and shall be 
and continue subject and liable to all such duties and obligations as they 
are now subject or liable to as Members or Fello\ys of the first-mentioned 
Society, and that all such persons as shall be appointed and elected as 
hereinafter mentioned shall likewise become or be Fellows or Members 
of " the Society " hereby incorporated, which is hereinafter referred to as 
^' the Society." 
8. And We do further declare and grant, that for the better rule and 
government of the Society," and for the better direction, management, 
and execution of the business and concerns thereof, there shall be hence- 
forth such bodies and officers as are respectively hereinafter mentioned ; 
that is to say, there shall be for ever a Council, one President, 
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