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The State Microscopical Society of Illinois. 
The following document, embodying the incorporation of the 
Society, has been forwarded to us for publication : — 
Whereas, It is eminently conducive to the public good of a State 
to foster and encourage such Institutions in its midst as have for their 
object the dissemination, advancement, and promotion of sound and 
useful knowledge ; and 
Whereas, The cultivation of a public taste for scientific inquiry, 
research, and pursuits is especially to be commended as invaluable in 
its material and moral results to the State ; and 
Whereas, The persons hereinafter mentioned are associated for 
the purpose of affording assistance and encouragement to Microsco- 
pical investigations, by promoting that ready intercourse between 
those engaged in such pursuits, that not only are great advantages 
mutually gained, and an increasing interest in Microscopical pursuits 
largely maintained, but also information of the most valuable kind 
disseminated and perpetuated ; therefore. 
Section 1. Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly, That Hosmer A. Johnson, M.D., 
Nathan S. Davis, M.D., John H. HoUister, M.D., William C. Hunt, 
M.D., James Y. Z. Blaney, M.D., Joseph W. Freer, M.D., H. Web- 
ster Jones, M.D., Thomas C. Duncan, M.D., Walter W. Allport, 
D.D.S., Ezekiel H. Sargent, chemist, and Messrs. George M. Higgin- 
son, Eliphalet W. Blachford, William E. Doggett, George E. Eumsey, 
Joseph T. Kyerson, Daniel Thompson, Henry H. Shufeldt, George A. 
Shufeldt, jun., Samuel A. Briggs, Henry F. Munroe, John Carbutt, 
John Eobson, and James Hankey, all of the city of Chicago, so asso- 
ciated for the purposes aforesaid, be and are hereby formed into and 
constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of " The State 
Microscopical Society of Illinois ;" and that they and their successors, 
and such others as shall be legally elected by them as their associates, 
shall be and continue a body politic and corporate by that name for 
ever. 
Section 2. The said Society shall have power to elect a President, 
and all such of&cers as from time to time may be deemed necessary for 
the more efficient conduct of its affairs and purposes. 
Section 3. The said Society shall have a common seal, and the 
same may break, change, and renew at pleasure ; and as a body politic 
and corporate, may sue and be sued, and prosecute and defend suits, 
both in law and equity, to final judgment and execution. 
Section 4. The said Society shall have power to make all orders 
and bye-laws for governing its members and property, not repugnant 
to the laws of this State ; and may expel, disfranchise, or suspend any 
member who, by his conduct, shall be rendered unworthy, or who 
shall neglect or refuse to observe the rules • and bye-laws of the 
Society. 
Section 5. The said Society may, from time to time, establish 
such rules for electing officers and members, and also times and 
places for holding meetings ; and it is hereby empowered to take or 
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