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the same are hereby with the approbation, and at 
the instance of the last mentioned corporation, vest¬ 
ed in the said society for the promotion of useful 
arts, from and after the fourth day of May next, on 
which day the corporation aforesaid expires by its 
own limitation. 
And be it further enacted^ That the members of 
the legislature shall in that capacity be honorary 
members of the said society ; but shall not vote at 
elections, or have any voice in the disposition of the 
funds of the said society. 
And be it further enacted^ That Robert R. Li¬ 
vingston shall be the president, and Ezra L’Hom- 
medieu the vice-president of the said society, until 
the second annual election day. 
