752 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters. 
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 contri¬ 
bution to science, literature, and the arts. 
Section 3. iSaid Academy may have a common seal and alter the 
same at pleasure; may ordain and enforce such constitution, regula¬ 
tions, and by-laws as may be 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 bequest 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 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repealed; and the present officers of said Academy shall be officers of 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 
institution. 
Section 8. For the proper preservation of such specimens, books and 
other collections as said Academy may make, the Governor shall prepare 
such apartment or apartments in the Capitol as may be so occupied with¬ 
out inconvenience to the State. 
Section 9. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after 
its passage. 
Approved March 16, 1870. 
