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6. The encouragement of philological and historical research, the 
collection and preservation of historic records, and the formation of a 
general library. 
7. The diffusion of knowledge by the publication of original contribu¬ 
tions to science, literature and the arts. 
Section 3. Said Academy may have a common seal and alter the same 
at pleasure; may ordain and enforce such constitution, regulations and 
by-laws as maybe necessary, and alter the same at pleasure; may receive 
and hold real and personal property, and may use and dispose of the 
same at pleasure; provided , that it shall not divert any donation or be¬ 
quest from the uses and objects proposed by the donor, and that none of 
the property acquired by it shall, in any manner, be alienated other than 
in the way of an exchange of duplicate specimens, books, and other effects, 
with similar institutions and in the manner specified in the next section 
of this act, without the consent of the legislature. 
Section 4. It shall be the duty of the said Academy, so far as the 
same may be done without detriment to its own collections, to furnish, 
at the discretion of its officers, duplicate typical specimens of objects 
in natural history to the University of Wisconsin, and to the other 
schools and colleges of the state. 
Section 5. It shall be the duty of said Academy to keep a careful 
record of all its financial and other transactions, and at the close of each 
fiscal year, the president thereof shall report the same to the governor 
of the state, to be by him laid before the legislature. 
Section 6. The constitution and by-laws of said Academy now in 
force shall govern the corporation hereby created, until regularly altered 
or repealed; and the present officers of said Academy shall be officers 
of the corporation hereby created, until their respective terms of office 
shall regularly expire, or until their places shall be otherwise vacated. 
Section 7. Any existing society or institution having like objects 
embraced by said Academy, may be constituted a department thereof, or 
be otherwise connected therewith, on terms mutually satisfactory to the 
governing bodies of the said Academy and such other society or in¬ 
stitution. 
Section 8. For the proper preservation of such scientific specimens^ 
books and other collections as said Academy may make, the governor 
shall prepare such apartment or apartments in the capital as may be so 
occupied without inconvenience to the state. 
Section 9. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after 
its passage. 
Approved March 16, 1870. 
